Charlie, a female Komodo dragon at the Chattanooga Zoo in Tennessee, has proved to be the ultimate independent lady after successfully giving birth to three hatchlings without a male partner.

Charlie, the female Komodo dragon, gave birth to her three hatchlings through parthenogenesis Talk about a strong, independent woman. Charlie, a female Komodo dragon that lives at the Chattanooga ...

Female Komodo dragon gives birth without sex, don’t need no man. By Mike Wehner. Published Mar 10th, 2020 11:20PM EDT. ... Few species are capable of this feat, called parthenogenesis.

She's Flora, the Komodo dragon. In an evolutionary twist, ... Parthenogenesis is a process in which eggs become embryos without male fertilization. It has been seen in about 70 species, ...

Parthenogenesis happens when an egg, rather than sperm, fertilizes another egg. Komodo dragons are very aggressive and live in isolation so they evolved to reproduced sexually and this rarer way.

The Chattanooga Zoo last week shared the miraculous news, saying its female Komodo dragon named Charlie had reproduced via parthenogenesis. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Zoo Komodo Dragon Is So Fierce She Doesn't Need a Mate to Have Babies, DNA Test Confirms. Babies Onyx, ... Kadal, or by herself, with a process called parthenogenesis.

Two other known cases in which Komodo dragons hatched by parthenogenesis were at the London and Chester zoos in England in 2006. The zoo in Wichita is having DNA testing done to document the ...

WICHITA, Kan. – Two Komodo dragons have hatched at the Sedgwick County Zoo, apparently without the fertilization of a male. The dragons, both males, are believed to be the first in North America ...

A Komodo dragon famously did it this year in a British zoo. And in fact, there are lizards whose entire population is female. For them, parthenogenesis is a way of life.

No paternity test needed — this Komodo dragon brought life into the world all on her own. On Friday, the Chattanooga Zoo in Tennessee shared photos of its Komodo dragon Charlie and her three 7 ...

She's Flora, the Komodo dragon. ... A more detailed understanding of parthenogenesis might even accelerate research into stem cells or allow certain diseases to be modeled in the laboratory.