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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have two main theories. The aquarium says Yoko's birth could be the result of either delayed fertilization or parthenogenesis, a rare form of asexual reproduction — in which offspring ...

The arrival of a baby swell shark at an aquarium in Louisiana has caused a wave of excitement, after the egg hatched despite the fact that no male sharks appear to have been involved.

A phenomenon called parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction where the embryo develops from an egg without fertilization, could have occurred, the aquarium said. Kevin Feldheim, manager of ...

As colleagues, one a physician and one a bioethicist, we want to call attention to the importance of ethics in medical research, particularly in the case of cutting-edge reproductive ...

The aquarium will work to determine if the baby shark was born via parthenogenesis, also known as asexual reproduction, or via delayed fertilization. A DNA analysis once the pup is big enough for ...