A female zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) has given birth by fertilizing her own eggs, despite sharing a tank with two healthy males who likely would have been eager to help, reports a new study ...

Scientists are baffled after spotting a female zebra shark in an aquarium having given "virgin birth" to pups - meaning she reproduced without mating with a male. The process, called ...

Researchers found a female zebra shark gave birth to pups through parthenogenesis, a.k.a. "virgin births" Melissa Montoya is an associate editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

In a paper published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report that female zebra longwings can see colors that males cannot, thanks to a gene on their ...

An adult female zebra shark glides at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Adult zebra sharks are endangered everywhere outside Australia, but there are more than 100 in aquariums around the world.