The first documented “virgin birth” by a Burmese python, the world’s longest snake, was recorded in 2012 at the Louisville ...

Aquarium staff in Louisiana have been left baffled by a miraculous 'virgin birth' in their shark exhibit. 'Yoko' the young swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) was born in an all-female tank ...

However, in the animal kingdom (especially in vertebrates, where sexual reproduction is the norm) there are rare instances of “virgin births,” or parthenogenesis. Parthenogenesis is a type of ...

Yes, you read that right. Virgin birth is a thing, and it's been happening for millennia in some animals. It's something called parthenogenesis, which basically just means reproduction without ...

A bank clerk had special reason to celebrate Mother's Day - after she became the first woman to give birth mid-air on a Virgin Atlantic flight. And to remember the unusual event, the little ...

You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus." She gave birth to her first son, wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger—there was no room for them to stay ...

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