For most animals, reproduction is straightforward: Some species lay eggs, while others give birth to live babies. But our recent research uncovered a fascinating mix between the two modes of ...

CINCINNATI — A female armadillo banded lizard gave birth to a healthy baby at the Cincinnati Zoo recently, but that almost wasn’t the case. Five of the rare lizards were discovered in November 2019 by ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden has announced the birth of two rare and endangered Guatemalan beaded lizards. According to the OKC Zoo, this is the second round of ...

A lizard at a UK zoo has given birth without mating in what has been described as "one of the rarest events in the animal kingdom". A female casque-headed iguana produced eight healthy hatchlings at ...

Oenuntono, Indonesia: A woman who 'gave birth' to a lizard has been threatened by an angry lynch mob who accused her of witchcraft. Debi Nubatonis, 31, gave birth to the gecko after an eight-month ...

Our earliest vertebrate (animals with backbones) ancestors laid eggs, but over millions of years of evolution, some species began to give birth to live young. There is a traditional dichotomy in ...

"Nothing says Happy Mother's Day like the miracle of a baby beaded lizard birth!" wrote the NC Museum of Natural Sciences when they made the birth announcement on their Instagram page. Raleigh Museum ...

An armadillo girdled lizard, one of five rescued by the Cincinnati Customs and Border Protection, has given birth to a live, healthy baby at the Cincinnati Zoo. >> Coronavirus: City fills skatepark ...

Normally, animals reproduce by either laying eggs or giving birth to live young, but an Australian species of lizard can apparently do both in the same pregnancy. Scientists at the University of ...

When danger looms, the tiny and spiky armadillo lizard curls its body into a ball and bites its own tail — on purpose!