The newly discovered bug makes its home high in the canopy of the Atherton Tablelands, a highland rainforest in tropical ...

Gunter’s own museum collection receives newly identified insects multiple times throughout the year, but it's still uncommon ...

The “ supersized ”​​​​​​​ A. alta weighs around 1.6 ounces (44 grams), or slightly less than a golf ball. “From what we know ...

A new species of stick insect believed to be the heaviest ever found in Australia was located in a remote rainforest.

The Acrophylla alta species was found in a remote rainforest in Queensland, Australia. It is believed to be the heaviest ...

Acrophylla alta, a newly discovered stick insect in North Queensland's high-altitude rainforests, measures up to 16 inches ...

Wildlife experts in Australia have discovered a new giant stick insect, and it’s the largest, heaviest insect ever found in ...

In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new ...

James Cook University researcher Professor Angus Emmott helped identify the new Acrophylla alta species and explained that ...

In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new ...

A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and ...

Researchers recently found a newly discovered stick bug species in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, ...