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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 switching ...

A leopard shark in Australia has made history after it became the first of its species to be observed switching from reproducing with a male to creating offspring completely asexually. The research ...

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, has ...

Shirur MP Amol Kolhe called for government-level policies to control leopard reproduction on Tuesday after a four-year-old boy fell victim to a leopard attack in Pune district's Junnar taluka. Taking ...

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 Reef ...

A Leopard female shark in Australia has become the first shark to change from sexual to asexual reproduction in a switch that could save her species, according to British media reports. Leonie, at ...

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 ...