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 ...

This is the first known instance of a crocodile virgin birth, but virgin births have been recorded in fish, birds, lizards, and snakes Getty Images Scientists have discovered the first-known case of ...

After living alone in a Costa Rican zoo for 16 years, a biblical-like “miracle” happened: an 18-year-old female crocodile laid 14 eggs, despite never having a male partner. Seven eggs appeared to be ...

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, ...

The act of reptile reproduction suggests that dinosaurs and pterosaurs may have been capable of parthenogenesis, too, much like the creatures in “Jurassic Park.” By Veronique Greenwood In January 2018 ...

A Kean University professor helped prove female crocodiles can have a “virgin birth,” according to a research paper she co-authored earlier this month, university officials said. Brenna Levine, an ...

The Fort Worth Zoo announced Thursday a remarkably rare birth of four gharial crocodiles, a critically endangered species that the zoo has tried to breed for more than a decade. This is only the ...

Sex is a tricky business, evolutionarily speaking. One problem is that sexually reproducing organisms must suffer the considerable faff of securing a mate (for the males of some species, the struggle ...

Four hatchlings from a critically endangered crocodile species have been successfully hatched at a Texas zoo in what they are calling a "monumental conservation success." The Fort Worth Zoo announced ...

Kaitlin Barham receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - Equity Trustees Charitable Foundation & the Ecological Society of Australia funded ...

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 ...