The Komodo dragon, a venomous giant lizard native to Indonesian islands, faces endangerment with fewer than 6,000 remaining.

Sharks, rays, and other chondrichthyans have evolved a remarkable range of reproductive strategies, allowing them to thrive for hundreds of millions of years. Two particularly unusual ...

“Lizards and snakes are the only vertebrates that have what we call true parthenogenesis, and there’s so much we can learn from them,” Fujita said. “We just need to make sure that we ...

The largest lizards in the world are capable of "virgin births". Scientists report of two cases where female Komodo dragons have produced offspring without male contact. Tests revealed their eggs had ...

Parthenogenesis is a phenomenon in which an embryo develops from an unfertilized egg, and it was documented in some vertebrates, including sharks. Wild animals generally do not reproduce through ...

A Louisiana aquarium welcomed a new baby shark to its facilities earlier this month, but staff are unsure of exactly where it came from. On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium ...

The aquarium says Yoko's birth could be the result of either delayed fertilization or parthenogenesis ... been seen in certain kinds of plants and vertebrates. Kevin Feldheim, the Pritzker ...

Parthenogenesis is a reproductive strategy ... However, some higher vertebrates–like sharks, snakes, and some birds–may reproduce this way from time to time. In sharks, it is usually reserved ...

ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS/Giuseppe Esposito, Scientific Reports 2024 "Many different types of parthenogenesis have been described in each vertebrate taxon, except mammals," the authors wrote.

Asexual reproduction is common for animals like starfish, deep-sea worms, and stick insects, but among vertebrates, it's a rarity. A process called parthenogenesis allows some female animals to ...