Rare giant stick insects now command market prices exceeding $1,000 for a single adult. These massive insects possess a fragile physiology that contradicts their imposing physical size. Some giant ...

A feature in the New York Times exposed the desire for exotic isopods, otherwise known as pillbugs, wood lice, or roly-polies ...

Have you ever heard of the iconic leaf insect? Worth hundreds—even thousands—of dollars, these fascinating bugs can camouflage and blend in with their surroundings. As their name suggests, leaf ...

While you'd likely expect katydids to be leafy-green, seamlessly blending into their natural environment, some of these ...

Scientists have managed to find a rare insect after it supposedly went extinct more than two decades ago. The Behningia baei, a species of mayfly that hasn't been seen since 2002, were rediscovered in ...

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 ...

Have you ever seen a massive bug that looks like a twig or tree branch? Probably not, because these rare insects are masters of camouflage. Giant stick insects are some of the most expensive insects ...