A female copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) and her offspring born via parthenogenesis, also called virgin birth, described in a study reported Sept. 12, 2012 in the journal Biology Letters.

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Wild female pit vipers can reproduce without a male, suggesting that virgin births may take place in nature far more than before thought. Asexual reproduction is common among invertebrates — that is, ...