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These insects keep evolving to look like sticks. Why?

Stick insects keep evolving to have the same strange body plans over and over again, scientists have discovered. This evolutionary blueprint has enabled researchers to predict the critters' next ...
New York Post

Stick insect — as hefty as a golf ball — could be heaviest ever found in Australian rainforest

This Aussie bug is breaking records — and possibly a few branches. Scientists have discovered a hefty new species of stick insect in a remote Australian rainforest, and it could be the heaviest ever ...
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What Is This Massive Stick Insect, and Where Is It Found?

Australia is known for its exceptional biodiversity. The country separated from the supercontinent Gondwana nearly 135 million years ago, and completed its separation from Antarctica over the last 40 ...
PBS

This Stick Insect Has a Peppermint-Scented Secret Weapon

Peppermint stick insect packs a peppermint-scented blast powerful enough to fend off hungry predator The peppermint stick insect packs a peppermint-scented blast powerful enough to fend off hungry ...
CNN

Meet the new species of giant stick insect that weighs about the same as a golf ball

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 ...
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People Can’t Get Over the Size of New Stick Insect Species Found in Australia

People Can’t Get Over the Size of New Stick Insect Species Found in Australia originally appeared on PetHelpful. There are some seriously big bugs out there, but none quite like this one! A new ...
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New Species Discovered in Queensland, Including a Rare Giant Stick Insect

Two new frog species have recently been discovered on the small, boulder-studded Dauan Island off Queensland. The frogs have been named for their granite boulder habitat: Choerophyrne koeypad (“rocky ...
USA Today

See video of the heaviest stick insect ever discovered in Australia

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, ...
IFLScience

“Spectacular” New Species Of 40cm Giant Stick Insect May Be Australia’s New Heaviest Insect

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...
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Have You Seen This? Hopefully you won't see this giant stick insect in your yard

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New species of giant stick insect discovered

NORTH QUEENSLAND, Australia (CNN) - A researcher in Australia has identified a new supersized stick insect. The species was discovered in high altitudes in North Queensland. The insect measures about ...