Parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction in which an egg develops in the absence of fertilisation, has traditionally been associated with invertebrates.

For decades, these phasmids, or stick insects, have been reproducing via parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction that essentially produces a clone of the mother. Until last month.

More information: Don R. Levitan et al, Brooding and parthenogenesis enhance the success of the coral Porites astreoides relative to Orbicella annularis, Ecology (2025). DOI: 10.1002/ecy.70102 ...

Unlike sexual reproduction, which combines genetic material from two parents, asexual reproduction creates genetically identical copies of a single parent. The most common forms of asexual ...

Nature has developed numerous remarkable strategies for reproduction throughout evolutionary history. While most animals reproduce sexually, combining genetic material from two parents, some species ...

The first mice to be created from two fathers, a phenomenon known as androgenesis, have now produced healthy offspring for ...

Fatherless reproduction in animals that normally require two parents is called parthenogenesis. (Meet the Agta, a tribe where a quarter of men have been attacked by giant snakes) ...

An international research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in research into the reproduction of dogrose. The study, which has now been published in Nature, shows how differences in the ...

Cell biology is the discipline of biological sciences that studies the structure, physiology, growth, reproduction and death of cells. Research in cell biology uses microscopic and molecular tools ...

What Causes Anovulation? Anovulation often happens because of a hormone imbalance. In a typical cycle, hormones in your brain tell your body to prepare for the release of an egg. Then, your ovary ...