No-one does absent parenting like these clever critters. For a spiny leaf insect, motherhood begins and ends with a bunch of eggs passing through her gonopore (genital opening). She’s probably ...

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 ...

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 ...

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CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has announced their first new additions of the new year. “3 Giant Spiny Leaf insects hatched in the early hours of 2022,” zoo officials wrote in a ...

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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We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.