California condors, a critically endangered species, can reproduce without mating, a new study by conservation scientists at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has found.The unexpected discovery came during a routine analysis of biological samples from the California condors in the zoo’s decades-long breeding programme, the scientists found that two condor chicks had hatched from unfertilised eggs.“It came as a big surprise, to be honest. We didn’t expect to find any of this,” Cynthia Steiner, associate director for the alliance’s conservation research division, told Reuters news agency.
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