This video uncovers the fascinating truth behind animals that can reproduce without any involvement from males. Scientists explain how these rare species use a process known as parthenogenesis to ...

As if that weren’t enough of an accomplishment for the old lady, she did this without having been in contact with a male for over 15 years. Researchers are investigating whether ...

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 ...

The sex of the eggs depends on the type of parthenogenesis. Haploid parthenogenesis occurs when females produce haploid male offspring from unfertilized eggs. When offspring are born, they look almost ...

Some female animals can reproduce without males through a process called parthenogenesis. Here are a few examples. Aphids: These tiny insects use parthenogenesis to produce live offspring quickly, ...

Goblin Archives and Space Penguin Ink have released the first hardcover horror adventure for the Liminal Horror roleplaying game. In The Parthenogenesis of Hungry Hollow, the player characters will ...

Some animals, like Komodo dragons and sharks, were found to reproduce without mating, a process termed parthenogenesis. California condors, stick insects, blind snakes, tardigrades, and some fish have ...

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Researchers have reported the first case of reproduction without fertilization. The virgin birth phenomenon took place in endangered shark species Mustelus mustelus. Two female M. mustelus sharks ...

In a surprising development in marine biology, recurrent parthenogenesis has been documented for the first time in the shark Mustelus mustelus, also known as the common smooth-hound. This discovery, ...

A North Carolina aquarium that said it had a pregnant stingray with no male companion now says the fish has a rare reproductive disease. A team of ecologists and evolutionary biologists at the ...