ReShark is an international project that releases aquarium-bred zebra sharks into marine protected areas such as Raja Ampat with the help of shark nannies and scientists. Made up of 75 partners ...

Leonie had previously given birth after mating with a male shark at the Reef HQ aquarium in Townsville, Queensland. In 2012, she was moved into a separate tank at the aquarium with no male sharks.

The Shedd Aquarium's female zebra shark Bubbles recently gave birth to twins through parthenogenesis, somtimes called "virgin birth." She fertilized her own eggs herself.

In an unprecedented effort, 15 aquariums from around the world are teaming up to raise endangered baby zebra sharks and reintroduce them into the wild, where populations have nearly gone extinct ...

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, ...

It’s a tale as old as time: Boy meets girl, boy and girl make babies, boy goes away, girl just keeps having babies, sperm-be-damned. While Leonie the zebra shark can’t quite claim a “virgin ...

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The female zebra shark is almost 6 feet long and is about 3 years old. She is the newest marine resident in the 300,000 gallon shark tunnel habitat at the aquarium.

Recently, a zebra shark at Shedd Aquarium reproduced on her own in 2022. This “virgin birth” is attributed to a biological process known as parthenogenesis, where an embryo develops without ...

Skippy, a black-speckled zebra shark, eagerly greets visitors from behind the expansive floor-to-ceiling windows, as parkgoers walk through an underwater tunnel in the newly remodeled 300,000 ...

ReShark aims to release 500 zebra sharks over the next 10 years. Scientists have successfully "rewilded" several land animal populations, from pandas to wolves to condors and black-footed ferrets ...