Well this is something you don’t see everyday. Lisa Vankula Donovan spent hours trying to capture these spiny leaf insects, or extatosoma tiaratum, hatching and her patience finally paid off.Lisa woke ...

The first babies of 2022 have arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo, and they might not be the kind of zoo babies you'd expect.Three Giant Spiny Leaf insects hatched in the early hours of 2022, zoo ...

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has announced their first new additions of the new year. “3 Giant Spiny Leaf insects hatched in the early hours of 2022,” zoo officials ...

It curls up its abdomen (1), raises its front legs (2), and plants its rear legs (3) so it can sway in the breeze – all to mimic a dead leaf on a branch. Biology in the background These stick insects ...