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Two types of virgin births known to snakes are facultative parthenogenesis (FP), when reproduction occurs either sexually or asexually, and obligate pathogenesis, when it is only asexual.

Living organisms have good reason for engaging in sexual, rather than asexual, reproduction according to scientists.

Where do the babies come from? In sharks, asexual reproduction usually happens via a process called "automictic parthenogenesis," explained Feldheim.

Scientists tinkering with fruit fly genes have succeeded in inducing virgin birth in an animal that normally reproduces sexually.

Some organizations have been founded for people who proclaim themselves asexual, and this lifestyle is well on the way to becoming yet another "choice" in the smorgasbord of sexual interests.

So-called "virgin births," or asexual reproduction, may not be that uncommon among vertebrates. Take Thelma, a reticulated python at the Louisville Zoo who gave birth to six baby pythons without a ...

A shark born at Italy's Acquario Cala Gonone could be the first case of asexual reproduction in its species.

Parthenogenesis -- a natural form of asexual reproduction -- is something that's common amongst plant species, insects, amphibians and many other life forms. Meaning "virgin creation" in Greek, it ...