Gunter’s own museum collection receives newly identified insects multiple times throughout the year, but it's still uncommon ...

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

The “ supersized ”​​​​​​​ A. alta weighs around 1.6 ounces (44 grams), or slightly less than a golf ball. “From what we know ...

The newly discovered bug makes its home high in the canopy of the Atherton Tablelands, a highland rainforest in tropical ...

The Acrophylla alta species was found in a remote rainforest in Queensland, Australia. It is believed to be the heaviest ...

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

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

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

Scientists have discovered Australia’s heaviest stick insect from the remote Wet Tropics rainforest. Its unique eggs helped ...

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

Scientists identify Acrophylla alta in Queensland rainforest, marking it as Australia’s heaviest insect at 44 grams.

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