A new study examining stick and leaf insect species has found evidence of convergent evolution, with all of the insects evolving similar characteristics despite diverging long ago. Convergent ...

The stick insect is a popular model organism in biological research for gaining a better understanding of insect walking movements. The advantage of the stick insect is that the structure of its ...

A permit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is required to import them. Check your local and state laws before getting any kind of stick or leaf insect as a pet.. Ethics. As long as you give ...

CANBERRA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have pioneered a video technology that allows for non-invasive monitoring of insect heart health.

The Lord Howe Island land lobster is a flightless stick insect. It was thought extinct until scientists found a tiny population on a remote ocean outcrop. Now they're trying to bring it back.

Hyperlapse footage shows stick insect moulting and almost doubling in size in just 30 minutes. The stick like creature is seen shedding its skin while clinging on to small branch ...

He let the stick insect climb onto his yard broom so he could take a closer look - when he snapped some photos of it. According to the Australian Museum the Titan Stick Insect is the longest stick ...