The spiny leaf insect mother not only abandons her eggs, she's also figured out how to trick someone else into protecting and ...

This stick insect spends its entire life trying to look like something else. These insects are relatively slow moving, so they rely on their camouflage to keep them safe. This is a giant prickly stick ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Did you know there's an insect that naturally blends in with its surroundings? Learn all about the rare leaf insect's ...