Researchers found a huge bug was found in a rainforest, and it's considered the heaviest insect in Australia. The insect ...

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 ...

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 team of Australian scientists has discovered a new species of giant stick insect, Acrophylla alta, in the tropical forests ...

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

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

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