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 ...

An American explorer has found the biggest insect on record in New Zealand. The Weta Bug has a wingspan of seven inches and weighs the same as three mice. Former park ranger Mark Moffett, 55, from ...

(via BBC Earth) The Mountain Stone Weta, boasts perhaps the most extraordinary survival technique of all - the ability to come back from the dead. With the aid of a specialized filming chamber we are ...