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.

Facultative parthenogenesis, which is what is being seen in these common smooth-hound sharks, allows an animal to reproduce both sexually and asexually, depending on the circumstances.

They are not a literal immaculate conception. In fact, a deeper look as to why parthenogenesis can happen is something less celebratory, in addition to how sustainable it is long-term.

In a historic first, scientists have used gene editing to induce virgin birth in fruit flies, a major step in unlocking the mysteries of the intriguing phenomenon known as parthenogenesis.

The act of reptile reproduction suggests that dinosaurs and pterosaurs may have been capable of parthenogenesis, too, much like the creatures in “Jurassic Park.” ...

The female epaulette shark was never housed with a male shark but produced a fertile egg, apparently via a process known as parthenogenesis.

More animals can occasionally reproduce asexually through a process called parthenogenesis than scientists realized.

No males needed — animals that reproduce through the mind-blowing process of parthenogenesis.

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

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 ...

For the first time, scientists have induced facultative parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction, in an animal that usually reproduces sexually. Commonly referred to as a " virgin birth ...