A twig is actually just one of many disguises for the Australian walking stick insect. The Australian walking stick is a master of deception, but a twig is just one of its many disguises. Before ...

Prior to 1918, Lord Howe Island off the coast of Australia was home to an eclectic mix of species that existed nowhere else on the planet. One of those creatures was D. australis, a thick, stick ...

Australia's big and arguably ugly Lord Howe Island stick bug isn't extinct after all, researchers have revealed. The insect, which was found on the Australian island, was thought extinct following ...

Native to the Lord Howe Island Group, a cluster of volcanic islands in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand from where they get the name, the Lord Howe Island stick insect is a large ...

Within two years, they had eaten the stick insect—and several other species—to oblivion. All told, six bird species, 13 invertebrate species, and two species of plants were lost.

One of the rarest species of insects in the world has begun breeding at a zoo in Australia. An egg laid by a female Lord Howe Island Stick Insect has hatched at Melbourne Zoo, nearly seven months ...

The enormous insect was seen moulting as it hung from its enclosure in Queensland, Australia. Insect enthusiast Lisa Van Kula Donovan said shared the photos of her female pet stick insect last month.

However, stick insects, as a group, call the world their home. These bugs currently inhabit nearly every continent, including North and South America, Australia, Europe, and Africa.

The Lord Howe Stick Insect story, and what happened next to Adam and Eve, is now told in a visually stunning new film, " Sticky ", by Jilli Rose. The first public premier will be at Cinequest in ...