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

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

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

Researchers have discovered a giant stick insect living at high altitude in tropical North Queensland. Acrophylla alta is ...

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

Meet the Acrophylla Alta, which was discovered in the canopies of the mountainous wet tropics region of Far North Queensland ...

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

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.

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

The giant stick insect Acrophylla alta has been discovered in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. (Supplied: James Cook University) Two females have since been found, including one that a friend ...

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