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 · Officials with the Shreveport Aquarium help a swell shark pup hatch from its egg on Jan. 3, 2025. The animal was born in a tank where no males were present for more than 3 years. Officials with the Shreveport Aquarium recently announced the unusual birth of a swell shark pup in a tank where only two female sharks were present.

4 days ago · A Louisiana aquarium welcomed a baby shark born under mysterious conditions, the aquarium said Friday. The swell shark, nicknamed Yoko, hatched on Jan. 3, according to the Shreveport Aquarium.What ...

1 day ago · A swell shark hatched at Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana after an egg was found in an all-female tank. Screengrab from a video by the Shreveport Aquarium A small shark swimming around a Louisiana ...

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 ...

3 days ago · The Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana kicked off 2025 with a mysterious birth. A swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) pup hatched at the facility on January 3, yet the two female sharks present ...

Jan 24, 2025 · In an exciting event for the Shreveport Aquarium, a swell shark egg has hatched. What makes this so unusual is that there were no male sharks present in its habitat. The egg was first identified by the aquarium's husbandry team approximately eight months ago, though it may have remained undetected for an additional one to two months prior. Since its discovery, the egg has been closely ...

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 ...

6 days ago · SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A very rare shark birth phenomenon has occurred at the Shreveport Aquarium.. On Jan. 24, the Shreveport Aquarium reported that a Swell Shark egg was hatched without the presence of males in the habitat. The egg was first identified by the aquarium’s husbandry team eight months ago, but the team says the egg may have been undetected for an additional month or two before.

1 day ago · The information in this story came from a release by the Shreveport Aquarium, which shared footage on January 24 showing the baby shark's hatching. This story was reported from Los Angeles.