In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever found in the country.

Australia’s new heavyweight insect champion was discovered thanks to social media — but it's been hiding in the trees much longer than that.

Researchers recently found a newly discovered stick bug species in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, Australia. The insect weighs about 44 grams, about the weight of the golf ball,