Stick insects have more going on the surface of their ... making it a challenge to draw inferences or conclusions on the repeatability of a certain trait. “Such studies are challenging to ...

Believe it or not, this beetle is a draw for adventurous tourists ... commonly known as stick insects. These insects have evolved a bizarre shape to hide from predators among branches, twigs ...

Well, here in Oakland, we were sitting out back, sun pouring over the fence, light breeze blowing through the neighbor's prayer flags and all that, when we discovered a itsy bitsy stick bug.

Stick bugs, also known as phasmids ... generally the bugs assume the shape of sticks and leaves to avoid drawing attention. "Their main defense is basically hanging around, looking like a twig ...

Stick bugs, or phasmids, have developed their stick-like characteristics to conceal them from predators, but their camouflage isn't always successful: they are preyed upon by spiders, rodents ...

"Indeed, another species of Timema stick insect that also feeds on chamise ... it is difficult to draw inferences on repeatability among multiple evolutionary independent populations," he says.

Black rats trickled off the ship, scouring the island and feasted on its native bug: a large spindly stick insect known as Dryococelus australis, or the "land lobster," as the Conversation notes.

Nopparuj Lamaikul via Unsplash When a college student set out on a campus in Thailand under the cover of darkness, they were hoping to find some stick insects. The nocturnal creatures were the ...