University of Sydney entomologists have reworked the classification of Australia’s giant Anchiale stick insects, and a group ...
Australia's stick insects have been photographed millions of times, studied in museums, and kept as pets, yet scientists just ...
Insect ‘detectives’ have discovered two new types of large stick insects, showing scientists are still uncovering new species ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goliath stick insects (Eurycnema goliath) are among the largest and heaviest insects in Australia, with females reaching 7 inches ...
Scientists have identified two new species of large Australian stick insects, including one that lays extraordinary “lidded” eggs never before recorded in the group. The discovery also revealed that a ...
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 ...
A team of ecologists and evolutionary biologists at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, has found that some normally asexual species of stick insects, which are known to reproduce via ...
The discoveries could help manage stick insect outbreaks and reduce their impact on forestry and agriculture. Australia’s coastal landscapes are home to large stick insects belonging to the genus ...
Considered extinct for over 80 years, a chance find on a sea stack where little survives has sparked hope for the future of the Lord Howe Island stick insect. When the SS Makambo ran aground on the ...
Experts say Timema have reproduced without needing sex for about a million years Asexual stick insects that have reproduced without male fertilisation for a million years have managed to retain a male ...
Twig mimicry is most common and diversified in Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects), a group of iconic models for understanding the evolution of camouflage and mimicry among insects. Extant stick and ...
Australia’s giant Anchiale stick insects, long treated as two species, are now recognized as five: Anchiale robusta, Anchiale ...