Boa constrictors can have babies without mating

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

In a finding that upends decades of scientific theory on reptile reproduction, researchers have discovered that female boa constrictors can squeeze out babies without mating. More strikingly, the finding shows that the babies produced from this asexual reproduction have attributes previously believed to be impossible.

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