Stick bugs are a fascinating insect variety. They have uniquely camouflaged bodies that make them fun models in science education. But their eating habits can devastate trees and damage forests.

Stick insects keep evolving to have the same strange body plans over and over again, scientists have discovered. This evolutionary blueprint has enabled researchers to predict the critters' next ...

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Intriguingly, they continue, many of the genomic clues in insects echo what is known about viviparous transitions in vertebrates. Stick insects have evolved parthenogenesis, when embryos spontaneously ...

Insects don’t have lungs. Their blood-like hemolymph doesn’t carry oxygen. Instead, they take in oxygen through a row of ...

The setae are bendy and ultra-flexible, allowing them to follow and stick to the contours of the surface they are on — no ...