Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is a major public health concern, particularly due to the severe brain development defects it can ...

Parthenogenesis happens when another egg, rather than sperm, fertilizes an egg, according to Scientific American. The biological process of making an egg cell, called oogenesis, typically produces ...

But a small subset of animals can have offspring without mating. The process, called parthenogenesis, allows creatures from honey bees to rattlesnakes to have so-called “virgin births.” ...

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 ...

The process is called parthenogenesis, from the Greek words for “virgin” and “birth.” Some plants and insects can do it, as well as some amphibians, reptiles, birds and fish. A stingray ...

Booth — who has studied parthenogenesis for more than a decade — is the person that others in the reptilian world tend to call when they suspect an animal has reproduced without mating.

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 ...

Scientists have just discovered that female American crocodiles can produce offspring without males—a phenomenon known as facultative parthenogenesis, or “virgin birth." Such asexual ...

Parthenogenesis happens when another egg, rather than sperm, fertilizes an egg, according to Scientific American. The biological process of making an egg cell, called oogenesis, typically produces ...