Australia is known for its exceptional biodiversity. The country separated from the supercontinent Gondwana nearly 135 ...

There is a new monster bug on the block in Australia. Meet the Acrophylla Alta, which was discovered in the canopies of the mountainous wet tropics region of Far North Queensland in northeast ...

DOUGLAS, Australia – A new species of stick insect discovered in a rainforest in northeastern Australia may be the heaviest insect ever found on the continent, according to researchers from the ...

Sitckbugs are evolved to blend in with trees. This recently discovered one is the heaviest known insect in Australia. Photograph By Ross M. Coupland A thousand meters up in a humid, cloud-covered ...

It's not often that a species thought to be extinct is found alive, and it's even rarer that such a thing happens nearly a century after its population was utterly decimated. In fact, it basically ...

This new insect adds to the amazing diversity of stick-bugs, pictured here. Image: Dragus In the Phillipines, scientists have discovered a brand new species of stick bug—a slow, huge, smelly and ...

Researchers found a new Acrophylla alta species of stick bug in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, Australia. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...