New 'Giant Stick' Insect Species Discovered in Australia Has Been Growing For Millions of Years originally appeared on Parade. In a rainforest teeming with snakes, spiders, and all manner of hidden ...

A team of Australian scientists has discovered a new species of giant stick insect, Acrophylla alta, in the tropical forests of northeastern Australia. At nearly 40 cm long and weighing 44 grams, it ...

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 ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a new species of stick insect believed to be the heaviest in the country, weighing the same as a golf ball. The remote rainforest in Far North Queensland, ...

A newly named species of giant stick insect found in Australia’s Wet Tropics rainforests is thought to be the heaviest insect ever found on the continent. Acrophylla alta weighs 44 grams, around the ...

To anyone with a phobia of insects reading this article, we’re so, so sorry. Australian researchers deep in the country’s wet tropics have identified a new species of stick insect – and it’s ...

This large Australian stick insect, which was found by a group of researchers, weighs 44 grams and goes by the name Acrophylla alta.