For 16 years, a female crocodile lived alone in a wildlife park in Costa Rica — until one day, more than a dozen eggs mysteriously appeared in her enclosure. 'Virgin births' have been widely ...

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 ...

Observing parthenogenesis in crocodiles is a fascinating discovery, Booth said, because the method they use is strikingly similar to that of birds and other reptiles. “They are all using the ...

Matthew Moreira, who co-authored the paper entitled Parthenogenesis is self-destructive for scaled reptiles published in Biology Letters in 2021, told Salon via email that parthenogenesis can be ...

Parthenogenesis, sometimes called "virgin birth," has been observed in at least 80 species, mostly fish and reptiles, Dell’Amore said. Some species that can experience virgin birth include ...

Some reptile keepers have claimed parthenogenesis, only to find out later that their female snakes just mated years earlier. “Reptiles have an incredible ability to store sperm,” Booth says. Dwyer and ...

An incredible new species of gecko has been discovered by researchers in the Cambodian hills. The Kamping Poi bent‑toed gecko ...

Some female birds, reptiles and other animals can make a baby on their own. But for mammals like us, eggs and sperm need each other. Parthenogenesis could be the future for this California condor ...

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