New 'Giant Stick' Insect Species Discovered in Australia Has Been Growing For Millions of Years originally appeared on Parade. In a rainforest teeming with snakes, spiders, and all manner of hidden ...

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 ...

A newly named species of giant stick insect found in Australia’s Wet Tropics rainforests is thought to be the heaviest insect ever found on the continent. Acrophylla alta weighs 44 grams, around the ...

The new species of insect was found in a remote part of Australia's Atherton Tableland region in QueenslandProfessor Angus Emmott/James Cook University/REUTERS Scientists have discovered a new species ...

What could we want more for our children than to have stories that are told to them that are "love songs to evolution"? This little project has the aesthetic feel of Machinarium, a deep commitment to ...

Finding rare creatures often takes patience and sharp eyes. In Queensland’s rainforests, two scientists recently spotted something remarkable high in the canopy. It turned out to be a stick insect ...

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 ...

(via Deep Look) 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 ...