When we talk of “single parents,” we refer to a family that has only a mother (or sometimes only a father) raising the offspring. But there’s another way to be a single parent — when an individual ...

Parthenogenesis, the production of offspring from unfertilised ova, represents a striking exception to the sexual reproductive paradigm dominant among vertebrates. Although traditionally viewed as ...

Asexual reproduction is common for animals like starfish, deep-sea worms, and stick insects, but among vertebrates, it’s a rarity. A process called parthenogenesis allows some female animals to ...