Animals all over the planet have adapted to take full advantage of the habitats within which they live. However, the mountain stone weta (Hemideina maori) has one of the most extreme adaptive ...

This is the world's largest insect. The giant weta is a cricket-like creature with a wingspan of close to seven inches. The one in the picture (full image here), isn't just the largest weta, it's the ...

This is not good news for entomophobia sufferers. A former park ranger traveling in New Zealand has stumbled across the world's largest insect, a Weta Bug, with a wing span of seven inches and the ...

Finding a mate can take considerable legwork as recently illustrated by the flightless and nocturnal Cook Strait giant weta Deinacrida rugosa. This cricket relative is found in New Zealand and is one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. the closeup image of Little Barrier giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) in "Hidden New Zealand" of Auckland Zoo. Endemic to New ...