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 ...

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 ...

A 'virgin birth' may sound like something found only in the Bible – but it's actually one of nature's real-life miracles. Known by scientists as 'parthenogenesis', this natural form of asexual ...

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, ...

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 — ...

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An endangered species of shark has been observed having "virgin births" for the first time. Two of these common smooth-hound sharks (Mustelus mustelus) were seen giving birth to their young without ...

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, ...