While sexual reproduction is the predominant strategy among animals, some species have evolved the ability to reproduce asexually ...

While most animals reproduce sexually, some species rely solely on females for parthenogenetic reproduction. Even in these ...

Credit: Shreveport Aquarium/Cover Images Aquarium staff in Louisiana are stunned by an extraordinary 'virgin birth' in their shark exhibit. At Shreveport Aquarium, a young swell shark named 'Yoko' was ...

A Louisiana aquarium has been left stunned by a 'virgin birth' in its shark exhibit. Baby swell shark Yokowas born in an all-female tank at Shreveport Aquarium. Experts believe Yoko's birth is due to ...

According to the aquarium, the shark egg was first spotted eight months ago. The shark hatched a few weeks ago and the team at the aquarium is working to determine how it was conceived. Once the shark ...

Shark pup Yoko was born in early January, Shreveport Aquarium said, having hatched from an egg in a tank containing two ...

Parthenogenesis occurs when a female animal reproduces asexually, essentially creating an exact duplicate of itself. This is what was determined to have happened when a female zebra shark at ...

On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The egg was discovered by aquarium staff in a female shark tank about eight months ago, but it may have remained ...

the curator of live animals at Shreveport Aquarium, told the Guardian. “We are very excited in the coming months to confirm whether this was indeed a case of parthenogenesis or if it was delayed ...

While most animals reproduce sexually ... a stick insect species in Japan, where parthenogenesis is predominant. Their analysis of male reproductive behavior reveals new findings.

"It really proves that life... uh... finds a way," said Shreveport Aquarium, Louisina's curator of live animals, Greg Barrick.