Miss Collie brings her pet stick insect, Woody, to class, but halfway through the day Woody mysteriously vanishes! Dodge, ...

Stick insects keep evolving to have the same strange body plans over and over again, scientists have discovered. This evolutionary blueprint has enabled researchers to predict the critters' next ...

Researchers have found that stick insects keep evolving the same 20 body plans, from the "tree lobster'" to the "bark hugger" and the "large-headed stick." Stick insects keep evolving to have the ...

keeping one as a pet can be a fascinating and rewarding experience. Insects, like mantids, beetles, or stick insects, often have simple care requirements and offer a close-up view of nature’s ...

A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts.

Ever wondered how insects camouflage themselves so perfectly with their surroundings? How is it that a leaf insect looks so much like a leaf and a stick insect can easily be mistaken for a twig? The ...

A new study examining stick and leaf insect species has found evidence of convergent evolution, with all of the insects evolving similar characteristics despite diverging long ago. Convergent ...

Many people are repulsed at the idea of eating insects, whether freeze-dried or still very much alive and wriggling. But do those same reservations extend to what they feed their beloved pets?

where we have kept stick insects for upwards of twenty-five years, incidentally, without having detected a male.

Insects and mites can rapidly develop into high ... size and covering it with petroleum jelly. Attach it to a dowel stick and insert the stick into soil. Insecticidal soaps help reduce populations.