Scientists have announced the first ever recorded case of a crocodile "virgin birth" after a female that had been isolated for 16 years was discovered with a clutch of eggs. The discovery provides ...

Scientists have discovered the first-known case of virgin birth by a crocodile. Per a study in the journal Biology Letters published Wednesday, the female crocodile had been living in isolation for 16 ...

In January 2018, a female crocodile in a Costa Rican zoo laid a clutch of eggs. That was peculiar: She’d been living alone for 16 years. While crocodiles can lay sterile eggs that don’t develop, some ...

The first-known occurrence of a "virgin birth" by a crocodile has been documented by scientists, according to a study published by on Wednesday Biology Letters, a peer-reviewed journal. In 2018, the ...

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 ...

Scientists have documented the first "virgin birth" in a crocodilian—and the discovery suggests that dinosaurs may have also had this unusual ability. In a study published in the Royal Society journal ...

Researchers said the 18-year-old crocodile who lived alone laid 14 eggs. In a paper published Wednesday, researchers said one egg held a stillborn fetus. Researchers said the fetus lacked paternal ...

MEXICO CITY, June 7 (Reuters) - Scientists have documented the first-known instance of a "virgin birth" by a crocodile, which had been living in isolation for 16 years at Costa Rican zoo, according to ...

In an astounding case, researchers have found that an egg laid in 2018 by a female crocodile living alone in a Costa Rica zoo was not only fertile, it also contained genetics only from its mother. In ...

The American crocodile had been isolated in a reptile park enclosure for 16 years when she laid a clutch of eggs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

While crocodiles can lay sterile eggs that don’t develop, some of this clutch looked quite normal. And one of them – in a plot twist familiar to anyone who has watched “Jurassic Park” – continued to ...