California condors are a critically endangered species, with only a little more than 500 left alive. However, a new study reveals that these vulnerable birds are capable of a rare ability: virgin births, or parthenogenesis.
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For many people, extinction is a term that refers to the past. It’s meant for dinosaurs, woolly mammoths and so many other species only found in textbooks or on display at museums. “Extinction is an abstract concept to many people. It was to me as a kid,” says Oliver Ryder, director of conservation genetics at […]