The stick-like grasshopper species native to Peru and Ecuador in the Amazon Basin usually molt around 6 months old. The weakened area was causing the insect's head to flop all the way back due to ...

Staff at the Houston Zoo were able to save the "Peruvian jumping stick" by meticulously crafting the insect a tiny neck brace, Knewz.com has learned. “If we hadn't come up with a solution ...