Yoko is believed to be the result of parthenogenesis, a rare type of asexual reproduction where offspring develop from ...

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 ...

"It really proves that life... uh... finds a way," a Shreveport Aquarium employee said about the surprising birth Rachel Raposas is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE ...

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 ...

The Shreveport Aquarium said members of its husbandry team were shocked when they spotted an egg in the swell shark tank about eight months ago. Advertisement Officials said the tank holds only ...

the aquarium said Friday. The swell shark, nicknamed Yoko, hatched on Jan. 3, according to the Shreveport Aquarium. What makes the birth mysterious is that the tank is home to two female sharks ...

Shark pup Yoko was born in early January, Shreveport Aquarium said, having hatched from an egg in a tank containing two female sharks but no male ones. In fact, neither of the sharks that could ...

the aquarium said Friday. The swell shark, nicknamed Yoko, hatched on Jan. 3, according to the Shreveport Aquarium. What makes the birth mysterious is that the tank is home to two female sharks ...