"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, ...

A giant new species of ‘super-sized’ stick insect has been discovered in a remote rainforest in North Queensland.

James Cook University researcher Angus Emmott helped identify the new species and explained that the giant insect weighs about the same as a golf ball. “From what we know to date, this is Australia's ...

Australia’s new heavyweight insect champion was discovered thanks to social media — but it's been hiding in the trees much ...

All of them, including the social wasps, are important if somewhat incidental pollinators. One of the most distinctive and ...

GROUNDBREAKING research from Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel has found that insects can “listen” to plants. This study, ...

Tens of thousands of tarantulas will be crawling out of their burrows in search of females – making for a fascinating, if a ...

If you've got a phobia of insects, look away now.

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