SYDNEY (Reuters) -In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever ...

New 'Giant Stick' Insect Species Discovered in Australia Has Been Growing For Millions of Years originally appeared on Parade. In a rainforest teeming with snakes, spiders, and all manner of hidden ...

A newly named species of giant stick insect found in Australia’s Wet Tropics rainforests is thought to be the heaviest insect ever found on the continent. Acrophylla alta weighs 44 grams, around the ...

A colossal stick insect found living in the highland rainforest of northeastern Australia could be the chonkiest (read: heaviest) bug the continent has to offer. Acrophylla alta, as the species has ...

While females have wings, they are not strong flyers because of their "heavy bodies", according to Professor EmmottCredit: Reuters The female specimen has a wingspan similar to that of a small bird.

The new species of insect was found in a remote part of Australia's Atherton Tableland region in QueenslandProfessor Angus Emmott/James Cook University/REUTERS Scientists have discovered a new species ...

What could we want more for our children than to have stories that are told to them that are "love songs to evolution"? This little project has the aesthetic feel of Machinarium, a deep commitment to ...