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

Some female stick insects just don’t need males around, ever. They clone themselves, alter their pheromones to stay inconspicuous to unwanted suitors, and when males try to copulate with them, they ...

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 ...

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Known for exceptional mimicry, stick insects have evolved a range of egg-laying techniques to maximize egg survival while maintaining their disguise – including dropping eggs to the ground, skewering ...

The first babies of 2022 have arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo, and they might not be the kind of zoo babies you'd expect.Three Giant Spiny Leaf insects hatched in the early hours of 2022, zoo officials ...