Male stick insect hatches from all-female colony at Science World in 'extremely rare' event Experts wonder if a glitch in the cloning process led to the production of a male insect. 'That’s half ...

It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male stick insect was born into an all-female colony in what is being described as an “extremely rare” event. Science World’s stick insect ...

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.

Researchers have found that stick insects keep evolving the same 20 body plans, from the "tree lobster'" to the "bark hugger" and the "large-headed stick." When you purchase through links on our ...

In the forests of Ecuador, a new species of stick insect has been discovered along trails near a forest lodge, according to a study published Nov. 12 in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys.

This species typically grows to be 9 inches long, but the giant Chinese stick insect can measure up to 25 inches long when its arms and legs are extended. Fotunately, despite their size, these ...

This is a female of the stick insect (phasmid) species Phryganistria tamdaoensis, which lives in the wild in Vietnam. She is currently kept by a Belgian insect breeder known as Phasmedia on social ...

For the stick insects and evolutionary activity in general, whether a change occurs by chance or in a reputable sequence is much more nuanced. It often comes down to a precious resource–time.

In March 2021, a 14-year-old boy discovered a new species of stick insect on Indonesia’s Timor Island while hiking with his father. Two years later, scientists published the first description of ...

The rare Lord Howe Island stick insect, also known as "tree lobsters," were believed to be extinct until a few were rediscovered in 2001.

The Lord Howe Island stick insect breeding program at the San Diego Zoo works to help sustain populations of the rarest insect in the world. Previously thought to be extinct on the Lord Howe ...