Bugs are scary. But at least we can take solace in the fact that they’re small, right? Well, the goliath stick insect might ...
Giant stick insects are some of the most expensive insects to purchase, as they're incredibly fascinating and fragile.
Stick insects keep evolving to have the same strange body plans over and over again, scientists have discovered. This evolutionary blueprint has enabled researchers to predict the critters' next ...
Now, scientists know that the only living group of Lord Howe Island stick insects cling to the side of a rocky island located ...
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It is important to keep in mind that stick insects are called that way precisely because their main strategy of survival is not being eaten by their predators, as opposed to many plants that rely on ...
An evolutionary biologist reports evidence of repeatable evolution in populations of stick insects. A long-standing debate among evolutionary scientists goes something like this: Does evolution happen ...
(via Deep Look) The peppermint stick insect packs a peppermint-scented blast powerful enough to fend off hungry predators in Australia’s ancient Daintree rainforest. Check out how this clumsy ...