The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct ...

Rats that escaped from its deck onto Lord Howe Island quickly dominated the local environment, eliminating species lacking natural predators. One of their victims was the stick insect Dryococelus ...

An expert keeper displays a critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect, nicknamed "tree lobster," at the zoo in ...

and the Lord Howe Island Phasmid (Dryococelus australis), the world’s largest stick insect that was feared extinct until its rediscovery on Balls Pyramid. About 75% of the terrestrial part of the ...

A company that aims to bring back lost species say they have genetically engineered wolves with white hair and muscular jaws ...

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The Lord Howe Island stick insect was once thought to be extinct, before being discovered by chance on Ball’s Pyramid several decades ago. How this flightless phasmid made the journey to this ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) or “land lobster” is a large, flightless stick insect that was, until recently, thought to be extinct. It has a glossy brownish-black ...

The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct ...