It's hard enough for people to pick out their walking sticks from a pile of them, let alone discriminate between species of walking sticks (Order Phasmatodea). But a recent study proved that with ...

Australian scientists discovered two new giant stick insect species and fixed an old mix-up with a third. Researchers have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sitckbugs are evolved to blend in with trees. This recently discovered one is the heaviest known insect in Australia. Photograph ...

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 ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a new species of stick insect believed to be the heaviest in the country, weighing the same as a golf ball. The remote rainforest in Far North Queensland, ...

After seeing a picture of the stick insect on social media, the researchers spent days trying to find and collect it for further research. Ross M. Coupland Scientists in Australia say they’ve found a ...

A 16cm-long stick insect found in Northern Queensland's Mabi Rainforest in one of two new species revealed in a recent study.

A stick insect with the weight of a golf ball and the length of your forearm has been sitting undetected in the treetops of Queensland’s Atherton Tablelands. It may be the heaviest insect ever ...

The Yaeyama Tsuda stick insect (Megacrania tsudai) is a species of stick insect belonging to the order Phasmatodea, family ...