A stingray at Aquarium & Shark Lab by Team ECCO in Hendersonville, North Carolina, is pregnant without any mates in sight. The female ray, named Charlotte, has become an aquatic enigma, as the public ...

Reproduction in animals varies from species to species. Some types of reproduction, like parthenogenesis, are more unusual than others. This reproductive method requires only one individual rather ...

(CNN) — 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.

For the first time, scientists have induced facultative parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction, in an animal that usually reproduces sexually. An estimated 76 percent of fruit flies can ...

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington and research institutes in China and Myanmar studied flowerpot snakes to see how parthenogenesis works in these reptiles. (Alexander Murray) ...

For the first time, scientists have used genetic engineering to trigger ‘virgin birth’ in female animals that normally need a male partner to reproduce. Previously, scientists have generated young ...