Researchers found a new Acrophylla alta species of stick bug in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, Australia. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

"Their body mass likely helps them survive the colder conditions, and that's why they've developed into this large insect over millions of years." Two specimens of the species have now been included ...

Fossils suggest that prehistoric insects once reached sizes that feel almost unreal by modern standards. Scientists believe ...

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...