The pink-winged stick insects, a species of phasmid originally from Madagascar, have been found in Hawaii since the 1990s on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island, according to the zoo.

A surprise clutch of eggs has solved a century-old leaf insect mystery. A female Phyllium asekiense, a leaf insect from Papua New Guinea. Like many leaf insects, P. asekiense was known only from ...

These insects are masters of disguise—even before hatching At every stage in their lives, from egg to adult, leaf and stick insects prove to be prey that can trick their predators.

The scientific order Phasmatodea, or stick and leaf insects, is known for a variety of camouflage that allows the animals to blend in with their surroundings. They diversified after the dinosaurs went ...

It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male stick insect was born into an all-female colony in what is being described as an “extremely rare” event.

With their extraordinary ability to mimic twigs and leaves, stick insects are among nature's most renowned masters of disguise.

Eight pink-winged stick insects, more formally known as Sipyloidea Sipylus, are now living at the zoo’s Ectotherm Complex. They’re rather harmless, according to the zoo.

There’s something new at the Honolulu Zoo: pink-winged stick insects. Eight of them were donated from the University of Hawaii’s Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences.

Scientists have created the best map of stick-insect evolution to date by combining DNA analysis and knowledge of their varied egg-laying techniques. The first stick insects flicked or dropped ...

In the dead center of the image, you’ll see a stick bug, also known as a phasmid or ghost insect. These bugs have a natural camouflage that makes it difficult for predators to find them.

It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male stick insect was born into an all-female colony in what is being described as an “extremely rare” event. Science World’s stick insect ...