A female leopard shark in an Australian aquarium has shocked scientists by making herself pregnant years after being separated from her mate. Leonie, from a species also known as a zebra shark ...

Sharks have been known to reproduce either sexually or asexually, but it's usually one or the other. Now, researchers have observed the first documented case of a zebra (or leopard) shark ...

How a lonely female leopard shark became pregnant without a mate. Leonie the leopard shark has given birth to a litter of pups despite being separated from her partner for more than three years.

The research about Leonie the leopard shark's asexual reproduction has been published in Scientific Reports , documenting a world first in this switch between normal and asexual reproduction.

A leopard shark at an aquarium in Australia has reproduced asexually in what is reported to be a world first. Leonie hatched eggs despite having no partner in a process known as parthenogenesis ...

A leopard shark in a Queensland aquarium has shocked scientists by being the first in the world to give birth without a male, after previously mating in the usual way.. The shark at Townsville's ...

A leopard shark in a Queensland aquarium has shocked scientists by being the first in the world to give birth without a male, after previously mating in the usual way.

Melbourne: Leonie the leopard shark has made a switch that could save her species becoming the first shark recorded to change from sexual to asexual reproduction, researchers have found. Christine ...