Anaconda Living in All-Female Snake Exhibit Welcomes Two Babies Through Virgin Birth

It isn’t the species that makes this birth unusual, it’s the setting. The little snakes were born to a mom living in a exhibit that houses “only adult females of the world’s largest snake species,” reports theBoston aquarium. “DNA testing has confirmed that the 2-foot-long, green anaconda youngsters are the product of nonsexual reproduction. The extremely rare reproductive strategy is called parthenogenesis, which translated from its Greek word origins means virgin birth,” the facility shared in a statement.

Anaheim Ducks Goalie Ryan Miller Gets Hug from Parents at Emotional Conclusion of Final NHL Game

Photo: Debora Robinson/Getty After 18 seasons in the National Hockey League, Ryan Miller is officially retired. The goaltender’s career came to an emotional close Saturday evening after his Anaheim Ducks lost 4-3 in overtime to the Minnesota Wild. In the moments after the game concluded, Miller shared a touching moment with his parents, who sat in the front row for his last game. Captured on camera, a teary-eyed Miller exchanges a few words with his dad before receiving a group hug from both of them.

Ana Ortiz Says She Hopes Her Children Learn That 'Failure Is OK': That's 'How You Really Learn'

WhenAna Ortizand Noah Lebenzon went on their first date in 2004, Lebenzon wasn’t sure if he wanted a family. Ortiz, however, had other plans.“On our first date I told him, ‘Listen, I want babies, so if you’re not interested, we can call it a night,’ " Ortiz, 50, tells PEOPLE in this week’s Family Issue, on stands Friday. “I always knew I wanted a family. I always knew I wanted kids.

Ancestry.com Pulls Advert About Interracial Couple After Being Slammed for 'Romanticizing' Slavery

Photo: Ancestry/YouTube Ancestry.com has come under fire for releasing an ad that some say romanticizes slavery. In the commercial titled, “Inseparable,” a white man can be seen trying to convince his lover — a black woman named Abigail, to flee the deep South, presumably during the Civil War. “We can escape to the North. There’s a place we can be together, across the border,” the man says. “Will you leave with me?

Anchor Todd Tongen Killed Himself as He Believed He Had Same Dementia That Killed His Mom: Brother

Photo: Local 10 Just two days after announcing that the Emmy Award-winning journalist, who worked at WPLG Local 10 News for 30 years, wasfound dead in his home, the ABC affiliateconfirmed his cause of deathon Wednesday. According to the outlet, his wife was on vacation in Italy with their younger son and unable to reach her husband. She asked a friend to check on Tongen; police were eventually called and the reporter was found dead on Monday morning.