Reproduction in animals varies from species to species. Some types of reproduction, like parthenogenesis, are more unusual than others. This reproductive method requires only one individual rather ...

A boa constrictor in the U.K. gave birth to 14 babies — without a mate. Is it a miracle? The result of a secret rendezvous? Probably not. Females of species have the ability to reproduce asexually, ...

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Flora the Komodo dragon walks around her enclosure Dec. 18, 2006, at Chester Zoo in Chester, England. Flora’s virginal conception, and that of another Komodo dragon earlier in the year at the London ...

The act of reptile reproduction suggests that dinosaurs and pterosaurs may have been capable of parthenogenesis, too, much like the creatures in “Jurassic Park.” By Veronique Greenwood In January 2018 ...

An Asian water dragon hatched from an egg at the Smithsonian National Zoo, and her keepers were shocked. Why? Her mother had never been with a male water dragon. Through genetic testing, zoo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The surprise pregnancy of Charlotte, a stingray living in a tank without any male rays, has captivated people across the world and ...

A smooth-hound shark was recently born into an all-female tank in an Italian aquarium. The birth, said scientists, could be the first recorded asexual birth for the species. For 10 years, the mother ...

In 1995, a boy made medical history when scientists learned he was partly the product of parthenogenesis — a process that occurs when an offspring results from an unfertilized egg. More than two ...

Mouse embryos created through a “virgin birth” process called parthenogenesis show that egg cells can be a source of valued embryonic stem cells, researchers said on Thursday. Subscribe to read this ...