A North Carolina stingray's surprise pregnancy is most likely the product of parthenogenesis. National Geographic's Christine Dell'Amore shared the details of how this works.

Parthenogenesis is a survival strategy that doesn't work. However, unlike how the New Testament portrays virgin births, in the animal kingdom, things are a little different.

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

Obligate true parthenogenesis, which is when a species is exclusively reproduced by parthenogenesis, is rare. It is seen in only around 100 vertebrate species and about 1,000 invertebrates.

Yoko the swell shark was born in a habitat of all-female sharks who hadn't seen a male in years. The aquarium has two possible explanations — and hopes to get confirmation in the coming months.

This is precisely what happens in parthenogenesis in birds, lizards and snakes, Dr. Booth said, suggesting that this group of animals inherited the ability from a common ancestor.

Her logic goes like this: For most animals, sexual reproduction is a better option than parthenogenesis. It gives their babies more diverse genes, and that makes them stronger.

Parthenogenesis, which means "virgin creation" in Greek, occurs mainly in some jawed vertebrates, but is unnatural for mammals, according to the National Institutes of Health.

An American crocodile managed to reproduce by herself, in a process scientists call parthenogenesis, or 'virgin birth', DNA reveals. Scientists say the discovery suggests the phenomenon may have ...

A stingray in Hendersonville is about to give birth through parthenogenesis, according to expert, who says it's impossible for shark to mate with ray.

To quote Ian Malcolm, played by Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, "Life finds a way"—and that's certainly the case for the newest member of a Louisiana's aquarium who was born with no male ...

In January, a baby shark was born in a tank containing only two female swell sharks at the Shreveport Aquarium. It could be a case of parthenogenesis — a form of asexual reproduction — or ...