Virgin birth has been documented in the world's longest snake for the first time, a recent study says.. An 11-year-old reticulated python named Thelma produced six female offspring in June 2012 at ...

It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male stick insect was born into an all-female colony in what is being described as an “extremely rare” event. Science World’s ...

Parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction in which an egg develops in the absence of fertilisation, has traditionally been associated with invertebrates. However, recent discoveries have ...

As temperatures rise, ticks of several kinds are flourishing in ways that threaten people’s health. By Maggie Astor Lately, Shannon LaDeau and her colleagues have had unwelcome visitors at their ...

More information: Don R. Levitan et al, Brooding and parthenogenesis enhance the success of the coral Porites astreoides relative to Orbicella annularis, Ecology (2025).

In other animals, like arthropods and certain vertebrae, parthenogenesis has been reported, but it's still very rare." Molaei said that a rise in ehrlichiosis cases is expected in the future.

Note: Parthenogenesis is not unique to sharks. It has also been observed in certain birds, reptiles, insects, and fish. 8. Not All Sharks Have to Swim Constantly.

TIL In 1995, a boy was discovered with blood containing no trace of his father’s DNA due to an extremely rare case of partial human parthenogenesis, where the mother’s egg cell divided just ...

Longhorned ticks primarily reproduce through a process called parthenogenesis, where females can lay viable eggs without mating to reproduce. This means a single female tick can create an entire ...

They do this through a process called parthenogenesis, where the queen produces offspring without mating. Because of this, all the ants in the colony are female and genetically identical to the queen.

The first combines MiMe (Mitosis instead of Meiosis) with ectopic expression of parthenogenesis-related genes (e.g., OsBBM1, OsBBM4, ToPAR, OsWUS) in egg cells, while the second integrates MiMe ...