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

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

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

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

Scientists in Australia have discovered Acrophylla alta, a 15-inch stick insect that's now the country’s heaviest known bug.

A new species of stick insect has been discovered in Australia, and it’s an absolute whopper. Named Acrophylla alta, it’s ...

The winged stick insect, which weighs 44 grams, slightly less than a golf ball, is potentially the heaviest insect in Australia.

In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever found in the country ...

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

"From what we know to date, this is Australia's heaviest insect," said Angus Emmott, co-author of a paper on the new species, ...

James Cook University researcher Angus Emmott helped identify the new species and explained that the giant insect weighs ...

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