Lord Howe, off the east coast of Australia, has been impacted by rats, pigs, weeds and plastic. Over the past 25 years the ...

and the Lord Howe Island Phasmid (Dryococelus australis), the world’s largest stick insect that was feared extinct until its rediscovery on Balls Pyramid. About 75% of the terrestrial part of the ...

Rats that escaped from the ship's deck onto Lord Howe Island quickly dominated the local environment, wiping out species that lacked natural predators. Among their victims was the stick insect ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect was once thought to be extinct, before being discovered by chance on Ball’s Pyramid several decades ago. How this flightless phasmid made the journey to this ...