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 ...

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By studying the genes responsible for the seahorse’s brood pouch, researchers uncovered a new route to “motherhood.” ...

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 ...

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Q. I am doing a project on different types of eggs in the animal kingdom. Can you tell me the approximate percentage of animals that lay eggs? I know mammals do not and birds do. What about other ...

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 ...

It lays the world’s largest egg, weighing about 1.5 kg and measuring up to 15 cm in length — truly a giant among birds. Emus lay striking dark green or blue-green eggs, reaching up to 15 cm in length ...