Zebra finches are small songbirds that originate from Australia. As colony-living granivores, they are easy to keep in aviaries, and they reproduce all year round under favourable conditions. However, ...

Sharks have been known to reproduce either sexually or asexually, but it's usually one or the other. Now, researchers have observed the first documented case of a zebra (or leopard) shark switching ...

In birds and other species alike, pairs can face considerable difficulties with reproduction. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen have now shown in an extensive ...

The zebras in this very special YouTube clip show us that nature can be extraordinarily kind as well as cruel. It captures the moment when a baby zebra has been left alone because its mother has died.

A female zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) in Australia has learned to live, and reproduce, without a male counterpart. The shark, which lives in an aquarium, is one of only three animals documented ...

A zebra shark, also known as leopard shark in Australia, created a shocking surprise by becoming the first in the world to be a female having given birth without a male partner. It happened in a ...

In birds and other species alike, pairs can face considerable difficulties with reproduction. Scientists have now shown in an extensive analysis of 23,000 zebra finch eggs that infertility is mainly ...

While scientists have previously observed “virgin births” in vertebrates such as sharks, rays and reptiles – a reproductive strategy thought to aid survival during periods of isolation – this is the ...

In birds and other species alike, pairs can face considerable difficulties with reproduction. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen have now shown in an extensive ...