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The birth of an enormous "tree lobster" is an absolutely alien experience [Video]
Remember the Lord Howe Island stick insect, that massive "tree lobster" researchers thought had been extinct for decades? Rohan Cleave of the Melbourne Zoo has filmed one of these arthropod giants emerging from an egg. The insect spends six months incubating — when it's time to leave the egg, the animal literally (and hypnotically) unfolds. More »
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Lights Out
Lights Out: Presumed extinct for over 80, the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect — or “tree lobster” as its also known because it’s freakin’ huge — was rediscovered in 2001 on neighboring Ball’s Pyramid. Fast forward to last year, when M... Read Post
How Giant Walking Stick Insects Come Back From Extinction
In 1918, a shipwreck at the Lord Howe Island, Australia, introduced black rats which proceeded to eat the native species of walking sticks so large that they were called "tree lobsters." In two year's time, the Lord Howe stick insec... Read Post
Extreme Convergence In Stick Insect Evolution: Phylogenetic Placement Of The Lord Howe Island Tree Lobster
The Lord Howe Island Tree Lobster, Dryococelus australis, was thought to be extinct for decades until an exceedingly small population was recently rediscovered on a rocky islet in the South Pacific. "Tree lobsters" are large ground-... Read Post