Thresher Sharks. Photo by PacificKlaus, via Openverse. Sharks are unique in the animal kingdom thanks to their diverse reproductive strategies. While some species lay eggs, many, including those that ...

Thresher Sharks. Photo by PacificKlaus, via Openverse. Sharks are unique in the animal kingdom thanks to their diverse reproductive strategies. While some species lay eggs, many, including those that ...

Interestingly, female megalodon sharks were longer and heavier than their male counterparts. There’s also a slight difference between the length of juveniles. Both species give birth to live young, ...

Imagine swimming in the deep blue, shadows gliding effortlessly beneath you—sleek, powerful, and mysterious. The ocean’s most ...

Simon Pierce, who has studied whale sharks globally, said he has photographed suspected mating scars on female sharks in St. Helena, probably from when male sharks bit their pectoral fins to hold onto ...

However, on the other end of the scale, the basking shark and frilled shark have gestation periods of three and 3.5 years, respectively. Technically, fish are not considered pregnant if they lay eggs.

When we think of mammals, we usually think of animals that give birth to live babies, like lions or humans. But there’s a small and rare group of mammals that do things differently– they lay eggs!

Scientists say they need to know where the sharks are mating and giving birth so they can protect those areas, possibly by creating marine reserves where threats like fishing are banned.

Once she began studying live ones, in the 1980s ... No one is certain where whale sharks breed or give birth, but Hueter believes this area may be one of their elusive pupping grounds.

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