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Among their victims was the stick insect Dryococelus australis, also known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect. For decades, the stick insect was believed to become extinct around 1920.

The scientific order Phasmatodea, or stick and leaf insects, is known for a variety of camouflage that allows the animals to blend in with their surroundings. They diversified after the dinosaurs went ...

A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts.

However, because rare males are so rare, they have not been studied much. Many species of stick insects, familiar insects with branch-like shapes, are known to reproduce parthenogenetically. Most of ...

A stick-insect symbol would translate as "fits tighter than plastic wrap". A bee would indicate "hard-working". A system of halos: "You'll bless the day you bought this" foxy pair of jeans or ...

The longest insect, according to Tim Cockerill, is a stick insect from South East Asia which grows to over 1ft long. One of the heaviest insect is the Goliath beetle which would fit in the palm of ...