Shark's Autopsy Shows Evidence of Asexual Reproduction
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The death of a black-tipped shark in a Virgina aquarium leads to two startling discoveries: She was pregnant, but there was no one in the tank who could have done it.
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Scientists have found the remains of a creature that may be the last common ancestor of modern great apes and humans.
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Computer engineers could - in theory at least - reconstruct the genes of an animal that lived more than 75 million years ago. No DNA could possibly survive that long, but forensic scientists now routinely
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Cupid's making at stop at the "Swimming with Sharks" exhibit at the Newport Aquarium just in time for Valentine's Day. The aquarium has acquired a rare male shark ray to serve as a companion to female Sweet Pea, with the hope that the two will hit it off and produce some offspring for the nearly endangered fish.
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Two decades ago, Greg Marshall was diving off the reefs of Belize studying queen conchs when he noticed a reef shark passing by with a remora clinging to its belly. The thought occurred to Marshall, who was then a graduate student in marine environmental science, that if a camera could be attached...
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 20--BILOXI -- An autopsy of remains found floating near the shoreline of the Mississippi Sound in Biloxi showed the cause of death was drowning.
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This week: world's "oldest baby" found, "walking" sharks discovered, where neandertals made last stand, genetics expert makes case for faith, and more.
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BANGKOK, Sept. 18  Â Scientists combing through undersea fauna off Papua province in Indonesia said Monday that they had discovered dozens of new species, including a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis.
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A genetic study sheds light on the mystery of how fish made the move from water to land millions of years ago.
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A new species of shark that uses its fins to hop rather than swim, has been discovered at a German aquarium.
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Pancreatic cancer killed William Schunk. Now scientists are using his body to fight back. Within about an hour of his death, researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center began collecting the Omaha veteran&#039;s organs as part of a unique &quot;rapid autopsy&quot; program. The goal: To create a library of tissue that could finally point scientists to new ways to diagnose and treat this most lethal of cancers.
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Sharks are now 'at the top of the list' of marine fishes that could go extinct in our lifetimes. Here are some of the nine species that we may never see again
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Researchers find evidence that dinosaurs reached sexual maturity earlier than believed.
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U.S. scientists have discovered how mammalian eggs undergo maturation through an intricate process of asymmetric cell division.
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By Kathirasen  THERE'S something fishy going on in rivers and seas.  An increasing number of male fish are changing sex midway to become female. And they don't have to pay exorbitant sums of money to some surgeon somewhere to do it either.
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A rapid technique for isolating DNA in hair provides a new route to study the genetics of extinct creatures.
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Researchers think they have found the modern whaleâs closest evolutionary ancestor.