A colossal stick insect found living in the highland rainforest of northeastern Australia could be the chonkiest (read: heaviest) bug the continent has to offer. Acrophylla alta, as the species has ...

A new study by Dr Tom M. Fayle of Queen Mary University of London, Dr Kalsum M. Yusah of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Dr Jiri Tuma of the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are ...

Australia’s heaviest insect was discovered in a rainforest. Scientists say the Acrophylla alta is less than the size of a golf ball. Researchers found a huge bug was found in a rainforest, and it's ...

National Geographic Explorer Leo Lanna has not spent more than a few days without the company of a praying mantis in the last seven years. His living room is a laboratory, housing 50 to 200 of the ...

Beyond biodiversity, stingless bees play a stabilising role in ecosystems under pressure. By enabling plant reproduction, they help forests recover from disturbance and maintain resilience in the face ...