In Telford's Exotic Zoo, life found a way. A casque-headed iguana has given birth to eight babies at the Shropshire wildlife park – without any contact with a male, via a phenomenon called ...

It’s a rare and fascinating event: the world’s largest geckos have laid eggs without any males involved, thanks to parthenogenesis. This documentary dives deep into the science behind asexual ...

HENDERSONVILLE - Already a local favorite by visitors to Main Street's Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team ECCO, the female stingray named Charlotte is now a worldwide celebrity, and for a good reason — ...

Parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction in which an egg develops in the absence of fertilisation, has traditionally been associated with invertebrates. However, recent discoveries have ...

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 ...

For the first time, scientists have used genetic engineering to trigger ‘virgin birth’ in female animals that normally need a male partner to reproduce. Previously, scientists have generated young ...

An iguana at a zoo in the United Kingdom has given birth despite never having mated with a male, according to staff at the facility, who have hailed the "virgin birth" as "one of the rarest events in ...

What if the song “Baby Shark” stopped after just two stanzas? For non-fans of the catchy tune, that might sound like a dream. For a real-life Mommy Shark in Illinois, it’s reality: She produced a baby ...

A Louisiana aquarium has a new star — and a mystery — on its hands after a baby shark was born in a habitat without any males. The Shreveport Aquarium announced last week that Yoko the swell shark — ...

Scientists have just discovered that female American crocodiles can produce offspring without males—a phenomenon known as facultative parthenogenesis, or “virgin birth." Such asexual reproduction in ...

Charlotte, arguably the world’s most famous stingray, has a disease, aquarium staff have announced. In February, the Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team ECCO in Hendersonville, North Carolina, reported the ...

A fully formed crocodile fetus has been found in an egg laid by a female that had no contact with males – showing for the first time that “virgin birth” is possible in these animals. The female fetus ...