Nature is full of wonders, and some of the most amazing surprises come from how animals reproduce. While most of us think that having babies always requires a male and a female, that’s not true for ...

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 ...

The common fruit fly normally needs a mate to reproduce. But scientists tinkering with its genes found the ones that can induce parthenogenesis, or virgin birth. For the first time, scientists ...