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 ...

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 ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

Sightings of the green forest hoverfly have tripled since 2022 and is only found in New Forest and Windsor Great Park Sightings of one of the UK's rarest insects have tripled. The green forest ...

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 ...

More than 30,000 of one of Britain’s rarest insects have been released into a national park. The bugs have been put into the Cairngorms Wildlife Park by conservationists from the Royal Zoological ...

Giant prehistoric insects may not have depended on high oxygen levels after all. Scientists now think something else must ...

Leaf insects are native to South Asia and Australia, and illegal to import to the U.S. The rare Phylliidae can cost thousands of dollars. These insects naturally blend in with their surroundings, ...

Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working reference libraries, containing pinned and labeled insects so that naturalists ...

More than 30,000 of one of Britain’s rarest insects have been released into a national park.