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Stuck in a small-town aquarium thousands of miles from her natural habitat, a stingray known as Charlotte has lived an uneventful life.

Did Charlotte the stingray mate with a male shark or is she reproducing on her own? Either way, employees at the Aquarium and Shark Lab are excited.

At an aquarium in North Carolina, a round stingray named Charlotte is pregnant with as many as four pups; this despite her having been isolated for eight years with no opportunity to mate. Host Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Kady Lyons, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, about stingrays and the process of parthenogenesis: a type of asexual reproduction in

Despite not living with a male companion in her tank for eight years, Charlotte the stingray ended up pregnant. But how?

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A stingray that has lived for years in a North Carolina aquarium without a male companion is pregnant.

Charlotte the stingray, initially believed to be pregnant without a male companion, was found by a North Carolina aquarium to have a rare reproductive disease affecting her health.

AZA has announced seven conservation and research initiatives selected to receive support from the Conservation Grants Fund (CGF).

Visitors love Georgia Aquarium for the wide variety of aquatic life they can view up close. For some Kennesaw State University faculty and students, the downtown Atlanta attraction has provided an outlet for their expertise and talents. In disciplines as diverse as music, game design, and biology, Georgia Aquarium is incorporating the work of innovative members of the Kennesaw State community into its operations and its mission to foster marine research.

AZA has announced the recipients of its latest Conservation Grants Fund (CGF) grants, supported by the Disney Conservation Fund.