A surprise clutch of eggs has solved a century-old leaf insect mystery. A female Phyllium asekiense, a leaf insect from Papua New Guinea. Like many leaf insects, P. asekiense was known only from ...

At the Montreal Insectarium, entomologists have cracked a century-old mystery around an elusive leafy insect. Scientists have long wondered how a species of stick insects appeared in nature with ...

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 ...

Have you ever heard of the iconic leaf insect? Worth hundreds—even thousands—of dollars, these fascinating bugs can camouflage and blend in with their surroundings. As their name suggests, leaf ...

WHO needs men? Female Australian spiny leaf stick insects (Extatosoma tiaratum) have figured out how to reproduce without males, and they fight off potential suitors ferociously. In fact, they’re so ...

An ancient stick insect species may have mimicked plant leaves for defense, according to a new article. Many insects have developed defense mechanisms, including the ability to mimic the surrounding ...

The oldest-known stick insect to mimic a plant has been unearthed in China. The newly discovered species — an extinct, distant relative of living stick insects — dates to the early Cretaceous Period, ...

Stéphane Le Tirant has spent his whole life studying beetles and is recognized as a specialist in the domain, but he is currently getting attention for a discovery related to his new passion: leaf ...