The weakened area was causing the insect's head to flop all the way back due to its weight whenever the bug climbed upwards, according to the zoo. The species spends most of its time climbing and ...
Workers at the Houston Zoo crafted the “world’s tiniest neck” brace to help a tiny insect heal after shedding its exoskeleton. Photo courtesty of the Houston Zoo An entomology keeper at the Houston ...
The teeny-tiny device kept the Peruvian jumping stick's "neck" from flopping around, per the zoo Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned ...
HOUSTON — An alert keeper in the Houston Zoo's Bug House recently noticed that a grasshopper was having trouble holding its head level. When the Peruvian jumping stick, which are stick-like ...
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 ...
Two new frog species have recently been discovered on the small, boulder-studded Dauan Island off Queensland. The frogs have been named for their granite boulder habitat: Choerophyrne koeypad (“rocky ...