New 'Giant Stick' Insect Species Discovered in Australia Has Been Growing For Millions of Years originally appeared on Parade. In a rainforest teeming with snakes, spiders, and all manner of hidden ...

"Scientists have overlooked this species for so long," said Kyushu University entomologist Ryōta Seki in a statement.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SYDNEY (Reuters) -In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have ...

University campuses are often places of learning and discovery, but rarely do researchers find a new species living right on ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea slugs.

Researchers were shocked to discover an enormous new species of stick insect in the Australian forest, highlighting just how much humans have yet to learn about the biologically rich habitat, Gizmodo ...

Deep in the high rainforest of Uganda, seven tiny frog-shaped insects have added an unexpected chapter to the story of life on Earth. Their bodies are only a few millimeters long, but their discovery ...

Biologists at the University of Costa Rica have uncovered 16 new species of leafhoppers after examining insect collections that sat untouched in museums for over three decades. The find also includes ...

While we've seen the impact that Twitter can have on organizing protests in Egypt, Iran, Tunisia, and the U.S., social media sites still have a reputation as time-wasters. That reputation may change, ...

NORTH QUEENSLAND, Australia (CNN) - A researcher in Australia has identified a new supersized stick insect. The species was discovered in high altitudes in North Queensland. The insect measures about ...

Seven species of a frog-like insect that were discovered in a rainforest have been confirmed as new to science following an examination of their genitalia. The previously unknown species of leafhopper ...