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 ...

Getting the job done. A female Asian water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) produced a daughter (left) without the assistance of a male. Skip Brown/Smithsonian’s National Zoo An Asian water dragon ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Of all the fascinating processes in nature, reproduction may be it's crowning achievement, and parthenogenesis is perhaps the most unusual and unique form. Translated from its Latin ...

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Zookeepers at a west-central England zoo are celebrating a "virgin birth" after a female iguana birthed eight hatchlings without ever being enclosed with a male iguana. The babies were born at the ...

The Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana has witnessed something remarkable—a newborn shark pup in a tank that only houses female sharks. Named Yoko, which means ocean child in Japanese, the pup’s birth ...

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 ...

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 welcomed a new baby shark to its facilities earlier this month, but staff are unsure of exactly where it ...

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 ...

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 ...