Leaf insects, also known as walking leaves, are famous for their remarkable camouflage. A video filmed in Hebei, China, on ...

Once mostly confined to the Pacific Northwest, the Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) has worked its way ...

Though it is a fantastic way to divert the mind of the predators. From giant leaf insects to dead-leaf moths, here is a list of 9 animals that look like leaves.

Oak leaf pocket gall shows up on the underside of a leaf as long, raised areas that follow the leaf veins and distort the leaves. Right now, the galls are soft and green but will eventually harden ...

In the new study, from biologists in Montana, USA, and Germany, the team looked at 1,359 insects from 212 stick and leaf insect species, measuring them and comparing their characteristics, in an ...

Leaf mimicry is a remarkably clever form of camouflage, allowing some animals to blend in as leaves to evade predators or to remain hidden as they wait for unsuspecting prey.

In March 2021, a 14-year-old boy discovered a new species of stick insect on Indonesia’s Timor Island while hiking with his father. Two years later, scientists published the first description of ...

Stick insects are known for their mimicry of twigs or branches. Found in the tropics, these critters have elongated bodies and legs, making the insects tricky to spot among the plants.

For example, the eggs of a leaf insect in Indonesia, Phyllium letiranti, echo the seeds of the tropical ivy gourd plant. Other attributes also increase eggs’ likelihood of survival, Büscher says.

Given walking leaves make up roughly 2% of the vast phasmatodea order, seven new species make for a significant addition to the Phylliidae, or leaf insect, family. Continuing to study these ...

For co-author Sven Bradler, the multiplicity of stick and leaf insects, which has only been added to by these new discoveries, has remained captivating over a more than 20-year research career: ...

On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent “Tree of Leaves” (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae). ZooKeys, 2023; 1173: 145 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1173.104413 ...