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The newly discovered bug makes its home high in the canopy of the Atherton Tablelands, a highland rainforest in tropical ...
The “ supersized ”​​​​​​​ A. alta weighs around 1.6 ounces (44 grams), or slightly less than a golf ball. “From what we know ...
Researchers have discovered a giant stick insect living at high altitude in tropical North Queensland. Acrophylla alta is ...
A new species of stick insect has been discovered in Australia, and it’s an absolute whopper. Named Acrophylla alta, it’s ...
A new species of stick insect believed to be the heaviest ever found in Australia was located in a remote rainforest.
A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and ...
In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new ...
Researchers recently found a newly discovered stick bug species in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, ...
The Acrophylla alta species was found in a remote rainforest in Queensland, Australia. It is believed to be the heaviest ...
A new stickbug has been discovered and documented in Australia and as far as stick insects go this one is a behemoth. As of ...
James Cook University researcher Angus Emmott helped identify the new species and explained that the giant insect weighs ...
Australia’s new heavyweight insect champion was discovered thanks to social media — but it's been hiding in the trees much ...