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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is a new monster bug on the block in Australia. Meet the Acrophylla Alta, which was discovered in the canopies of the ...

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 ...

A stop at the Bug Zoo in Victoria turns into a playful, close-up look at some of the strangest insects and arachnids on ...

Until now, the crown for Australia’s heaviest insect belonged to the giant burrowing cockroach, which weighs around 35 grams. However, high in the misty rainforests of northern Queensland, scientists ...

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 ...

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 ...