Zoo officials say this is believed to be the second time a potential epaulette shark pup was produced via asexual reproduction at an Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ accredited facility.

A huge variety of animals produce eggs. These help to protect and provide for offspring as they develop. There are over 500 species of shark living in waters around the world and the majority give ...

Sharks and rays are a key part of healthy marine ecosystems. But, due to their slow growth and rates of reproduction they are vulnerable to human activities. Fishing – both on purpose and ...

Overall, very little is known about basking shark reproduction: Only one pregnant female has ever been captured and studied, off Norway in 1943. While being towed, she gave birth to five live pups ...

The Ragged tooth shark uses this method of reproduction, but gruesomely the first pup to hatch out of its egg will then eat its unborn siblings!

Traditionally, sharks, as members of the cartilaginous fishes (class Chondrichthyes), were not expected to reproduce via parthenogenesis, with this group thought to exclusively rely on sexual ...

A ghostly white angular roughshark found near Sazan Island, Albania, is the first example of leucism ever recorded in the species.