This Aussie bug is breaking records — and possibly a few branches. Scientists have discovered a hefty new species of stick insect in a remote Australian rainforest, and it could be the heaviest ever ...

Australia's stick insects have been photographed millions of times, studied in museums, and kept as pets, yet scientists just realized something fundamental about them has been wrong all along.

Stick insects are notoriously difficult to spot, and it's not just because they're camouflaged. Scientists in Australia have just discovered two entirely new species of stick insect in areas of the ...

In a rainforest teeming with snakes, spiders, and all manner of hidden beasts, a massive newly discovered insect is unlike anything Australian scientists have ever seen. Researchers in Queensland's ...

SYDNEY, July 31 (Reuters) - In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the ...

Insect ‘detectives’ have discovered two new types of large stick insects, showing scientists are still uncovering new species in some of Australia’s most well-studied landscapes. Researchers at the ...

2 new stick insect species: Anchiale robusta and Anchiale mabiensis. (Image: Austral Entomology) Two new species of stick insects found in Australia. Anchiale robusta was misidentified for decades.

A twig is actually just one of many disguises for the Australian walking stick insect. The Australian walking stick is a master of deception, but a twig is just one of its many disguises. Before it’s ...

Insect ‘detectives’ have discovered two new types of large stick insects, showing scientists are still uncovering new species in some of Australia’s most well-studied landscapes. Researchers at the ...

The Australian walking stick is a master of deception, but a twig is just one of its many disguises. Before it’s even born, it mimics a seed. In its youth it looks and acts like an ant. Only when it ...