In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new ...

A team of Australian scientists has discovered a new species of giant stick insect, Acrophylla alta, in the tropical forests ...

A supersized stick insect that was discovered in a northern Queensland rainforest has been dubbed Australia's heaviest insect ...

"From what we know to date, this is Australia's heaviest insect," said Angus Emmott, co-author of a paper on the new species, ...

Researchers recently found a newly discovered stick bug species in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, ...

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James Cook University researcher Professor Angus Emmott helped identify the new Acrophylla alta species and explained that ...

NORTH QUEENSLAND, Australia (CNN) - A researcher in Australia has identified a new supersized stick insect. The species was ...

In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new ...

Australia is known for really big things, and really unusual wildlife, and a newly discovered stick insect ticks both boxes. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler describe acrophylla alta, now thought ...

Wildlife experts in Australia have discovered a new giant stick insect, and it’s the largest, heaviest insect ever found in ...