The Weta Workshop is responsible for conjuring some of the most enjoyable monsters in film, from the terrifying orcs in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” to the alien prawns of “District 9.” So it’s ...

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 ...

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 a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Wetapunga (Deinacrida heteracantha), New Zealand's largest insect, were formerly abundant in forests of northern New Zealand. However, they ...

(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 ...