Q. When we studied high school biology, our teacher said more than 99 percent of animals lay eggs and only a few give live birth. That percentage seems too high. Humans, dogs, cats and cows are ...

Snakes, like most reptiles in the world, are oviparous. This means that rather than producing live young ones, the way mammals do, snakes produce an immature single cell — an egg. Most snakes follow ...

You might expect a stingray to lay eggs, like many of the world’s fish. However, stingrays give birth to live young, similar ...

Maybe you've seen a "mermaid's purse" while walking on the beach. Not actually an accessory for the mythical creature, these small casings are the eggs of sharks and their relatives For around 455 ...

In seahorses, it is the males who carry offspring to term. The females lay their eggs into a special brood pouch on the ...

Chameleons exhibit diverse reproductive strategies, with most species laying eggs in warm soil while a few, like the Jackson's chameleon, give birth to live young. This adaptation to environments, ...

Nature is full of evolutionary selflessness. From deep-sea octopuses to certain marsupials, there are animals and insects that reproduce and then die, as their lives can be cut short because they ...

Scientists have discovered three rare frog species in Tanzania that give birth to live young - skipping the tadpole stage entirely.

WASHINGTON -- The remains of a giant sea creature are providing the first proof that these prehistoric reptiles gave birth to their young rather than laying eggs. Plesiosaurs, which lived at the time ...

Q. When we studied high school biology, our teacher said more than 99% of animals lay eggs and only a few give live birth. That percentage seems too high. Humans, dogs, cats and cows are ...