The 8-inch insect nearly went extinct when hungry rats overran its island. But Melbourne scientists found a few in 2001 and started a thriving... Love Giant Insects? Meet The Tree Lobster, Back From ...

After conservation efforts that lasted for more than a decade, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is finally bringing the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insects to the forefront.

A large walking stick insect thought to be extinct since the 1920s has been successfully bred in the U.S. Lord Howe Island stick insect eggs started hatching this week at the San Diego Zoo, according ...

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 ...

For years, scientists thought that the Lord Howe Island stick insect was extinct, the subject of predation by invasive rats on the remote island off Australia, but then a few were discovered on a ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect was thought to be extinct for many years until several of the species were discovered on a nearby 'sea stack' in 2001. NBC Universal, Inc. For years, scientists ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect was thought to be extinct for many years until several of the species were discovered on a nearby 'sea stack' in 2001. NBC Universal, Inc. For years, scientists ...