A large stick insect from a remote Australian island is back from the dead. It's hard to miss a Lord Howe Island stick insect, sometimes called a "tree lobster." Their blackish brown bodies grow to be ...

With their extraordinary ability to mimic twigs and leaves, stick insects are among nature’s most renowned masters of disguise. But it’s not just predators they’ve managed to avoid. Sneaky phasmatodae ...

After conservation efforts that lasted for more than a decade, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is finally bringing the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insects to the forefront.

Senior Lecturer, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University If you haven’t heard of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, you have missed out on one of the most remarkable ...