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A 'virgin birth' may sound like something found only in the Bible – but it's actually one of nature's real-life miracles. Known by scientists as 'parthenogenesis', this natural form of asexual reproduction lets healthy offspring develop…

Staff at a zoo near Birmingham have been left baffled by a miraculous 'virgin birth' in their lizard house. A female casque-headed iguana, native to Mexico and Central America, has produced eight babies at the Exotic Zoo in Telford, …

Venomous bites and stings from spiders, scorpions, snakes, lizards and jellyfish — even caterpillars, snails and octopuses — hurt millions every year and kill many thousands globally.But these animals’ poisons are poised to help provide…