Have you ever heard of the iconic leaf insect? Worth hundreds—even thousands—of dollars, these fascinating bugs can ...

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 ...

Now, scientists know that the only living group of Lord Howe Island stick insects cling to the side of a rocky island located ...

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 ...

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 nearly a century, it was thought to be gone forever. The Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis), once one of the most common insects on its native island in the Tasman Sea, vanished ...

In 1980, a single male grasshopper was collected on the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde. No one knew then that this moment would mark the only sighting of a species that would soon be considered ...

Quick Take Achieving a $20,000 valuation requires antique insect collections to meet strict preservation standards. Missing ...