The 8-inch insect nearly went extinct when hungry rats overran its island. But Melbourne scientists found a few in 2001 and started a thriving... Love Giant Insects? Meet The Tree Lobster, Back From ...

For years, scientists thought that the Lord Howe Island stick insect was extinct, the subject of predation by invasive rats on the remote island off Australia, but then a few were discovered on a ...

A large walking stick insect thought to be extinct since the 1920s has been successfully bred in the U.S. Lord Howe Island stick insect eggs started hatching this week at the San Diego Zoo, according ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect was thought to be extinct for many years until several of the species were discovered on a nearby 'sea stack' in 2001. NBC Universal, Inc. For years, scientists ...