A Louisiana aquarium welcomed a new baby shark to its facilities earlier this month, but staff are unsure of exactly where it came from. On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium ...

A Louisiana aquarium has a new star — and a mystery — on its hands after a baby shark was born in a habitat without any males. The Shreveport Aquarium announced last week that Yoko the swell ...

Staff at the Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana were astonished by the birth of a baby swell shark named Yoko. The young shark hatched in a tank that housed only two female sharks, which had not ...

"It really proves that life... uh... finds a way," a Shreveport Aquarium employee said about the surprising birth Getty A new baby shark pup has arrived in a tank ...

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(KTAL/KMSS) – There’s a mystery looking for science to solve at the Shreveport Aquarium. A swell shark hatched but had no male present in its habitat. The aquarium’s team noticed the egg ...

Yoko the baby swell shark was born in Louisiana's Shreveport Aquarium in early January. Morgan Nix via CNN Newsource A phenomenon called parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction where the ...

"[There was] definitely surprise," Greg Barrick, curator of live exhibits at the Shreveport Aquarium, told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. But, he added, a fatherless shark — while rare — is ...

Yoko, the new swell shark pup hatched on January 3 after it was first spotted by the aquarium’s husbandry team nearly eight months ago. Shreveport Aquarium believes the egg could have even gone ...

A Louisiana aquarium welcomed a baby shark born under mysterious conditions, the aquarium said Friday. The swell shark, nicknamed Yoko, hatched on Jan. 3, according to the Shreveport Aquarium. What ...