An ambitious international reintroduction project hopes to release 500 zebra sharks in an area where they have all but disappeared.

Juvenile zebra sharks have dark bodies with yellowish-white stripes, hence the name zebra shark. As they grow, the shark's stripes disappear and are replaced with brownish spots.

Aquariums around the world are collaborating to restore populations of zebra sharks that have been wiped out from overfishing and shark finning.

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An adult zebra shark (left) and a juvenile (right). A shark has been born at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago via parthenogenesis, with the mother giving birth to an asexual genetic clone of herself ...

A female zebra shark conceived her pups through 'virgin birth,' despite sharing a tank with two males.

The Great Lakes Aquarium is saying goodbye to Chewie the Zebra Shark. He is headed to the Kansas City Zoo, where he will have more space. Chewie has grown a lot during his time at the Great Lakes ...

Juvenile zebra shark at Shedd Aquarium ...

Organizations like OCEARCH track sharks across the globe. In June, a juvenile great white shark, Keji, pinged off the coast of the Outer Banks.

A rewilding project aimed at saving endangered zebra sharks (Stegostoma tigrinum is sending eggs from aquarium sharks more than 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) away to nurseries in Raja Ampat ...

"Virgin birth," or parthenogenesis, happens when a female animal fertilizes an egg with her own genetic material. In vertebrate animals like sharks, it's a rarity, and has often been seen as a ...