In the wet forests of southeastern Australia ... scratches through the leaf litter and topsoil while foraging, using its powerful claws to search for invertebrates such as worms, centipedes, spiders, ...

While attending to his morning routine, Tweed stumbled upon the enigmatic creature hanging from a narrow leaf ... on the expertise of the Australian National Insect Collection and exhaustive ...

A moth found in northern Australia and South-East Asia has an astonishing camouflage trick: it creates an optical illusion to look like a three-dimensional leaf, complete with a raised midrib ...

In many ecosystems, overall insect activity actually peaks at night ... Fireflies are actually beetles in the family Lampyridae, and 25 species call Australia home. A Christmas beetle resting on a ...

He is affiliated with the Ecological Society of Australia ... leaf litter from each plot at the start of the study, and then again in each spring season. Then, with help from a specialist insect ...