Gunter’s own museum collection receives newly identified insects multiple times throughout the year, but it's still uncommon ...

The “ supersized ”​​​​​​​ A. alta weighs around 1.6 ounces (44 grams), or slightly less than a golf ball. “From what we know ...

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

The new species, named the Acrophylla alta, was found in high-altitude trees in the wet tropics region of Queensland.

So, of course, I went and grabbed my macro lens and started snapping pictures as our friend Wendy MacNaughton did her best to keep the bug in/on her hands. At one point, the baby stick bug came to ...

Researchers have discovered a giant stick insect living at high altitude in tropical North Queensland. Acrophylla alta is ...

James Cook University researcher Angus Emmott helped identify the new species and explained that the giant insect weighs ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered Acrophylla alta, a 15-inch stick insect that's now the country’s heaviest known bug.

A new stickbug has been discovered and documented in Australia and as far as stick insects go this one is a behemoth. As of ...

This video show the moment scientists held a newly discovered species of stick insect which is believed to be the heaviest ...

Australian scientists have just discovered a new species of giant stick insect and it’s… well, really big. Dubbed Acrophylla ...

At one point, the baby stick bug came to a gap between her fingers, which, to such a tiny creature, was like a crevasse on K2.