The vast majority of animals need to breed to reproduce. But a small subset of animals can have offspring without mating. The process, called parthenogenesis, allows creatures from honey bees to ...

Parthenogenesis among reptiles is rare. Only a few species have the ability to reproduce asexually. Most of these are obligate parthenogenetic species that consist (almost) entirely of females, which ...

An Asian water dragon hatched from an egg at the Smithsonian National Zoo, and her keepers were shocked. Why? Her mother had never been with a male water dragon. Through genetic testing, zoo ...