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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Male stick insect hatches from all-female colony at Science World in 'extremely rare' event. Experts wonder if a glitch in the cloning process led to the production of a male insect.

The Lord Howe Island stick insect breeding programme at the San Diego Zoo is part of an ongoing effort to save the world's rarest bug - which was thought to be extinct on the island of the same ...