There are three major types of diseases that affect blue spruce trees: needlecasts, tip blights, and canker diseases. The two ...

Gentle care, limited handling, and a stable enclosure are key to keeping them healthy in captivity. Because of their size and unique appearance, giant stick insects often become the centerpiece of ...

Gentle care, limited handling, and a stable enclosure are key to keeping them healthy in captivity. Because of their size and unique appearance, giant stick insects often become the centerpiece of ...

Its heroes, twigs, are disguised as leaves. Yet, they move! The English-speaking world calls them stick insects, while the French more commonly refer to them as phasmes. The star of our story is ...

The same is true for stick insects. This makes identifying chromosomal rearrangements with species challenging when assembling genomes. In the past, we've averaged data from each chromosome set ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect, long considered extinct ... especially after rats were eradicated there in 2019. However, the insects require meticulous care in captivity, necessitating specialized ...

An expert keeper displays a critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect, nicknamed "tree lobster," at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek ...

PRAGUE (AP) — The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct for more than 80 years. The zoo is among six institutions ...

Prague Zoo Joins the Effort to Ensure the Survival of a Rare Insect Once Considered Extinct PRAGUE (AP) — The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare ...

The researchers focused on the rare males of Ramulus mikado, a stick insect species in Japan, where parthenogenesis is predominant. Their analysis of male reproductive behavior reveals new findings.

Museums Victoria Research Institute, curator of entomology Ken Walker, who was part of the ABC Insect of the Year panel and nominated the Lord Howe Island stick insect as a finalist, said he hoped ...