Apparently immaculate Komodos hatched
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Two Komodo dragons have hatched at the Sedgwick County Zoo, apparently without the fertilization of a male. The dragons, both males, are believed to be the first in North America known to have hatched by parthenogenesis, which occurs naturally in some species, including invertebrates and lower plants. It happens more rarely in some vertebrates.
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What might have been a golden egg lays an egg.
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Bird lovers from all over the country have been flocking to Rutland to catch a brief glimpse of the first English-hatched osprey to breed in England for over 150 years.
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By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 3--A colorful butterfly that is as imperiled as the prairie habitat it depends on is making a bit of a comeback here in South Sound.
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KOKOMO, Ind. - A pregnant tortoise missing for about a week was returned home unharmed in an Army duffel bag...
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By Mary Perez, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 24--MOSS POINT -- Every once in a while, eagle hatchlings pop their heads out of the nest across the river from the Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss Point.  "I've got at least two babies," said Mark LaSalle, center director.
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Man-made rain and flooding, along with some extra food, were enough to convince the trio of anacondas at the New England Aquarium to breed in captivity for the first time. One of the aquarium's two female anacondas is confirmed pregnant by the lone male.
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By Michael Dinan, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Jun. 26--GREENWICH -- Michael Aurelia raised a dripping net of a baby alewives from a pool of the Mianus River Dam's fishway, examined them, then dumped the silver fish back into the water and pulled out a partially submerged crate.
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LONDON - A prehistoric reptile gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs, fossil evidence suggests. Scientists weren&#39;t sure if the ancient reptiles, called sauropterygians, hatched from eggs on land like sea turtles or were born alive in the water.
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A giant panda in southwest China has given birth to a pair of twins, state media said, the latest additions in a baby boom for the endangered animals. Ya Ya, who lives in the Chongqing Zoo, delivered the babies about an hour apart early Tuesday, China News Service said.
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A panda in southwest China has given birth to twins, adding to a cub boom that is giving new hope to the endangered species, state media has said.
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By Ma Lie  XI'AN: Twenty ibises that were bred in captivity were released into the wild yesterday in Ningshan County, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, reflecting the progress that efforts to breed and protect the endangered species have made.
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BEIJING - For pandas, it's practically a baby boom. Two giant pandas were born this week, and mothers and cubs were doing fine, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday...
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Japan tunes in to witness creature's birth.
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One of a pair of rare Komodo dragon lizards brought to London Zoo amid great fanfare last month has died after falling off a wall while trying to reach her mate, zoo officials confirmed.
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A transplanted New Yorker tries to make sense of Arnold, Arianna and other exotic Californian fauna
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"The fear is that (scientists) are trying to breed a human with some other creature"  British authorities decided Wednesday to permit research that uses animal eggs to create human stem cells - studies experts say are critical to unlocking treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other ... via The South Mississippi Sun Herald