Some female stick insects just don’t need males around, ever. They clone themselves, alter their pheromones to stay inconspicuous to unwanted suitors, and when males try to copulate with them, they ...

There are over 3,000 stick insect species, including a recently discovered species in Australia’s Wet Tropics. Learn more ...

Significant χ 2 tests indicate that adding a given variable significantly increases the amount of deviance explained. Set 1 and set 2 crosses were performed in separate years. Agrell, J., J. O. Wolff, ...

The newly described stick insect Phryganistria heusii yentuensis is over a foot long (32cm), or 21 inches (54 cm) with its front legs stretched out. It's the second biggest living insect that has been ...

With their extraordinary ability to mimic twigs and leaves, stick insects are among nature’s most renowned masters of disguise. But it’s not just predators they’ve managed to avoid. Sneaky phasmatodae ...

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Science World curator Christine Olsen with Larry, a rare male stick insect born into an all-female colony. (Credit: Arlen Redekop) It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male ...