Researchers documented a virgin birth in an American crocodile—the first time this unusual mode of reproduction has been seen in crocodilians.

COSTA RICA (TND) — In what's being called a first, researchers say that a captive crocodile at a zoo in Costa Rica has impregnated herself in a "virgin birth" scenario where the producedfetus ...

(CNN) — Scientists say they have documented the first virgin birth in a crocodile. And while the concept may sound bizarre to humans, this type of reproduction is not unheard of across the ...

Crocodile Living in Isolation for 16 Years at Zoo Experienced Virgin Birth, Scientists Say This is the first known instance of a crocodile virgin birth, but virgin births have been recorded in ...

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 ...

A female crocodile birthed a fully formed, stillborn fetus despite living in isolation for 16 years ...

Especially in the animal kingdom! Crocodile Reproduction Crocodiles will lay between 17 and 100 eggs after mating. ©Photostock by Leonardo Em/Shutterstock.com ...

It’s the first time scientists have recorded in an American crocodile successful parthenogenesis, which is asexual reproduction and Greek for “virgin birth.” ...

Scientists say they have documented the first virgin birth in a crocodile. And while the concept may sound bizarre to humans, this type of reproduction is not unheard of across the animal kingdom ...

The first evidence of a virgin birth in crocodiles has been reported in a captive American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, who was housed on her own for 16 years in a zoo in Costa Rica. She laid a ...