The zoo is among six institutions around the world that have been able to create living conditions for the largest species of flightless insect, the Lord Howe Island stick insect, which grows up ...

The insect, also known as the Lord Howe Island phasmid, is native to a remote archipelago in the Tasman Sea off Australia. The uninhabited archipelago was discovered in 1778.

The largest species of flightless insect, the Lord Howe Island stick insect, grows up to 15cm (5.9 inches) long.

An expert keeper displays a critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect, nicknamed "tree lobster," at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

Australia is saving a unique insect species only found on Lord Howe Island, the namesake Lord Howe Island stick insects or “tree lobsters.” ScienceAlert says only 20 to 30 of Dryococelus ...

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.