Weighing nearly as much as a golf ball, the newly found stick insect may be Australia’s heaviest, and hardest to spot.

A new species of stick insect believed to be the heaviest ever found in Australia was located in a remote rainforest.

A giant insect was found in Australia, measuring nearly 16 inches long. It is now the biggest and heaviest insect ever recorded in the country, weighing 44 grams.

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

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

A team of Australian scientists has discovered a new species of giant stick insect, Acrophylla alta, in the tropical forests ...

A supersized stick insect that was discovered in a northern Queensland rainforest has been dubbed Australia's heaviest insect ...

"From what we know to date, this is Australia's heaviest insect," said Angus Emmott, co-author of a paper on the new species, ...

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

This large Australian stick insect, which was found by a group of researchers, weighs 44 grams and goes by the name ...

James Cook University professor, Angus Emmott, alongside wildlife expert Ross Coupland, discovered the insect in the canopies ...

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