Credit: Shreveport Aquarium/Cover Images Aquarium staff in Louisiana are stunned by an extraordinary 'virgin birth' in their ...

The pup hatched in a tank housing two female sharks who hadn't been around any male sharks in over three years.

A Louisiana aquarium has been left stunned by a 'virgin birth' in its shark exhibit. Baby swell shark Yokowas born in an all-female tank at Shreveport Aquarium. Experts believe Yoko's birth is due to ...

On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The egg was discovered by aquarium ...

Experts say the case is either a rare form of asexual reproduction or an instance of (very) delayed fertilization ...

As aquarium staff continue to study Yoko, the baby shark will remain monitored outside of a public exhibit. Young sharks born through rare reproductive events often face significant challenges.

While Yoko the shark, currently being monitored off exhibit, is "thriving," the aquarium warned that sharks born through rare reproductive events can face significant challenges. "Should Yoko's ...

Yoko the swell shark was born in a habitat of all-female sharks who hadn't seen a male in years. The aquarium has two ...

The Shreveport Aquarium announced last week that Yoko the swell shark — named for "Onyoko ... the aquarium's curator of live exhibits, said in the release. "It really proves that life ...

Aquarium staff in Louisiana have been left baffled by a miraculous 'virgin birth' in their shark exhibit. 'Yoko' the young swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) was born in an all-female tank ...