The stick insect was eventually classified as extinct in 1983, along with 12 other insect species and five bird species. Then, in 1960, a group of rock climbers visited another small volcanic rock ...

Eve, the female stick insect, was close to death after laying only 10 eggs. (Image credit: Rohan Cleave, Melbourne Zoo). A new leaf. Now, with the 13,000 tiny newcomers, talk turns to the future of ...