When we talk of “single parents,” we refer to a family that has only a mother (or sometimes only a father) raising the offspring. But there’s another way to be a single parent — when an individual ...

What if the song "Baby Shark" stopped after just two stanzas? For non-fans of the catchy tune, that might sound like a dream. For a real-life Mommy Shark in Illinois, it's reality: She produced a baby ...

A shark born at Italy's Acquario Cala Gonone could be the first case of asexual reproduction in its species. The Sardinia-based facility says its female smooth-hound shark "Ispera" was born in a tank ...

An 8-year-old anaconda housed at the New England Aquarium in Boston gave birth this January, but these are no ordinary babies. The mother lives in an exhibit with only adult female snakes — making the ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Stories of virgin births, where young are produced without fertilisation, ...

A MIDST the all-absorbing discussion of the problems which have arisen out of the general acceptance among biologists of the law of evolution, the phenomenon of Parthenogenesis which, previously to Mr ...

Louise Gentle works for Nottingham Trent University. Stories of virgin births, where young are produced without fertilisation, have been told throughout history. Mars the ancient Roman god, Horus the ...