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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At six and a half feet long zebra sharks are one of the largest species at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. The endangered animals, which are native to Indonesia, have been a fixture at the ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 10-foot, 30-pound snake is kept in an all-female exhibit, so when aquarium staff found Anna in the process of delivering her litter in January, they suspected it was parthenogenesis -- which means ...

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 ...