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Gunter’s own museum collection receives newly identified insects multiple times throughout the year, but it's still uncommon ...
The “ supersized ”​​​​​​​ A. alta weighs around 1.6 ounces (44 grams), or slightly less than a golf ball. “From what we know ...
A colossal stick insect found living in the highland rainforest of northeastern Australia could be the chonkiest (read: ...
Researchers have discovered a giant stick insect living at high altitude in tropical North Queensland. Acrophylla alta is ...
A new species of stick insect believed to be the heaviest ever found in Australia was located in a remote rainforest.
A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and ...
In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new ...
Researchers recently found a newly discovered stick bug species in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, ...
The Acrophylla alta species was found in a remote rainforest in Queensland, Australia. It is believed to be the heaviest ...
A new stickbug has been discovered and documented in Australia and as far as stick insects go this one is a behemoth. As of ...
James Cook University researcher Angus Emmott helped identify the new species and explained that the giant insect weighs ...
"From what we know to date, this is Australia's heaviest insect," said Angus Emmott, co-author of a paper on the new species, ...