The baby was born in August to the 3-year-old mother, even though epaulette sharks usually reach sexual maturity at age 7. The process of developing an embryo without a fertilized egg cell is ...

For instance, in 2001, a bonnethead shark at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, gave birth to a pup despite having no male present in the tank for three years.

By Shannon Brinias Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A tiny shark named Yoko is making ...

Baby shark hatched at aquarium with no males might not have one. ... Either the pup's mother reproduced asexually by creating a genetic copy of herself, a phenomenon known as parthenogenesis.

The show is more than 20 minutes, longer than we might expect the attention span to be. It has a couple of fake-out endings.

Mystery As Baby Shark Born With No Male Involvement. ... Alternatively, it could be that Yoko's mother mated with a male years ago, but the fertilization process was delayed.

A female shark has hatched an egg without it being fertilised by a male, a zoo in Illinois has said. Brookfield Zoo said the hatching of an epaulette shark pup was not unusual, but the way in which ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- A tiny shark named Yoko is making waves — not just at the Shreveport Aquarium, where she was born, but in the scientific community around the world.