Plants survive climate change using genetic variations. Scientists studied Marchantia polymorpha to find key adaptation ...

A female swell shark gives birth to a pup without coming in contact with a male, and now scientists are wondering how this is ...

First, the egg may have been a result of parthenogenesis, a rare form of asexual reproduction. While asexual reproduction is common among many plants and invertebrates, parthenogenesis, in which an ...

A Louisiana aquarium has been left stunned by a 'virgin birth' in its shark exhibit. Baby swell shark Yokowas born in an all-female tank at Shreveport Aquarium. Experts believe Yoko's birth is due to ...

Yoko the swell shark was born in a habitat of all-female sharks who hadn't seen a male in years. The aquarium has two ...

The aquarium says Yoko's birth could be the result of either delayed fertilization or parthenogenesis, a rare form of asexual reproduction — in which offspring are identical copies of their mothers — ...

a rare form of asexual reproduction — in which offspring are identical copies of their mothers — that has been seen in certain kinds of plants and vertebrates. Kevin Feldheim, the Pritzker Lab ...

New research shows bacteria form distinct species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange via homologous recombination.