BLUE
Profile banner
LH
Laura Helmuth
@laurahelmuth.bsky.social
Editor in Chief of Scientific American, @sciam.bsky.social Formerly at Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian, Science. Past prez National Association of Science Writers. Birder
17k followers2.1k following1.2k posts
LHlaurahelmuth.bsky.social

Do you know about parthenogenesis? If not, you're in for a treat. (Even if you do, this is a fun explanation & new case of it in an aquarium stingray) 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

How Did an Aquarium Stingray Get Pregnant without a Mate?
How Did an Aquarium Stingray Get Pregnant without a Mate?

Charlotte, a stingray in a small North Carolina aquarium, is taking a DIY approach to reproduction

7

VSvedetta.bsky.social

📌

0
KAkodoandsangha.bsky.social

I know it’s going to be parthenogenesis but I’m still hoping for a ray-shark hybrid if for nothing else but the whimsy of it. Nature is full of whimsy.

0
MRhimoonbird.bsky.social

I love it when my little neck of the woods gets international attention for self impregnating.

0
CKsgtbarnowl.bsky.social

That's easy. They can store fertilized eggs for years until conditions are right.

0
AKaimeekuzenski.bsky.social

I first learned about parthenogenesis from Sheri Tepper's GIBBON'S DECLINE AND FALL. Fascinating concept, and fun to see in the news!

0
Oogmcduck.bsky.social

Cue Jeff Goldblum

1
Profile banner
LH
Laura Helmuth
@laurahelmuth.bsky.social
Editor in Chief of Scientific American, @sciam.bsky.social Formerly at Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian, Science. Past prez National Association of Science Writers. Birder
17k followers2.1k following1.2k posts