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

Weighing 44g and stretching 40cm long, the insect remained unknown due to its isolated habitat in Australia's mountainous wet ...

Weighing nearly as much as a golf ball, the newly found stick insect may be Australia’s heaviest, and hardest to spot.

Meet Acrophylla Alta- Australia's heaviest insect that has been recently discovered. A video of the palm-sized stick insect ...

In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new ...

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

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

Australia’s new heavyweight insect champion was discovered thanks to social media — but it's been hiding in the trees much ...

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

The new species, named the Acrophylla alta, was found in high-altitude trees in the wet tropics region of Queensland.

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James Cook University researcher Professor Angus Emmott helped identify the new Acrophylla alta species and explained that ...