Some female stick insects just don’t need males around, ever. They clone themselves, alter their pheromones to stay inconspicuous to unwanted suitors, and when males try to copulate with them, they ...

Despite having sex with males, females of a Japanese stick insect species produce offspring that are genetically identical to themselves. Combined with other evidence, it suggests that the males of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goliath stick insects (Eurycnema goliath) are among the largest and heaviest insects in Australia, with females reaching 7 inches ...

She says when male and female insects look different, that is called sexual dimorphism – and this can happen in a variety of ...

Among animals where sexual reproduction is common, there are quite a few species that reproduce only with females. In such species, females give birth to female offspring (this is called ...

Male (top) and female (bottom) Lord Howe Island stick insects from the captive-bred Ball's Pyramid population, also known as "tree lobsters," on a leaf at the Melbourne Zoo. Lord Howe Island Stick ...

A female stick insect resting upon the leaves of one of its host plants. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the May 16, 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Víctor ...