2 days ago · Yoko the baby swell shark was born on Jan. 3, some eight months after her egg was discovered in a tank with that only housed other female sharks. Morgan Nix/Shreveport Aquarium hide caption

2 days ago · 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 possible explanations — and hopes to get confirmation in the coming months.

1 day ago · When a shark egg appeared one day in a shark tank at a Louisiana aquarium, staff were puzzled. ... Yoko the baby swell shark was born in a tank with no males, possibly through asexual reproduction.

3 days ago · Meet Yoko, the swell shark with a mysterious birth story. The Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana kicked off 2025 with a mysterious birth. A swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) pup hatched at ...

4 days ago · 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 who haven't been in contact ...

3 days ago · 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 shark — named for "Onyoko," the Chumash word for shark — hatched on Jan. 3, about eight months after her egg was first discovered in a tank with only female inhabitants.

2 days ago · Yoko the baby swell shark was born on Jan. 3, some eight months after her egg was discovered in a tank with that only housed other female sharks. (Morgan Nix | Shreveport Aquarium) 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.

2 days ago · 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 shark — named for "Onyoko," the Chumash word for shark — hatched on Jan. 3, about eight months after her egg was first discovered in a tank with only female inhabitants.

2 days ago · 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 possible explanations — and hopes to get confirmation in the coming months.

2 days ago · Named "Yoko" from the Chumash word "onyoko," meaning "shark," the pup was born on Jan. 3. It hatched out of an egg that was discovered by the aquarium’s husbandry team about eight months ago.