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 ...

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 ...

A “very unusual discovery” has been uncovered by Australian scientists in a world first. Researchers at the University of Sydney have witnessed an Australian lizard that normally carries a live baby ...

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 ...

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 ...

Melanie Laird receives funding from The University of Otago. Camilla Whittington receives funding from the Australian Research Council. University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The ...

Scientists studying the evolution of birth in lizards, from egg-laying to live births, have pinpointed the evolutionary genes from which the species is evolving to 'build' a new mode of reproduction.