The new discoveries emphasize that scientists have a lot left to learn about insect diversity, even in areas with many ...

One of Australia’s most familiar stick insects spent decades hiding behind the wrong name. After examining DNA, museum s ...

Researchers have formally described two new Australian stick insect species, Anchiale mabiensis and Anchiale robusta, in a ...

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

The discoveries could help manage stick insect outbreaks and reduce their impact on forestry and agriculture. Australia’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

New study describes two species, Anchiale robusta and Anchiale mabiensis, both found in far north Queensland ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect, once believed to be extinct, has made a remarkable comeback with the discovery of a small ...

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

After conservation efforts that lasted for more than a decade, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is finally bringing the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insects to the forefront.

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 ...