People Can’t Get Over the Size of New Stick Insect Species Found in Australia first appeared on PetHelpful on Aug 10, 2025 ...

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

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

But even for a stick insect, a forest dweller evolved to look like a tree offshoot, this one was unusual. They quickly ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Scientists have discovered Australia’s heaviest stick insect from the remote Wet Tropics rainforest. Its unique eggs helped ...