🦎 No males? Not a problem for female Asian water dragons. Life found a way at the Zoo's Reptile Discovery Center, where a female Asian water dragon underwent facultative parthenogenesis—that is, she reproduced and contributed a healthy, thriving offspring to her species despite never breeding with a male or receiving genetic material. LEARN MORE: https://s.si.edu/2Kv1yRm. With DNA samples supplied by animal keepers, scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conse