Two new species of large stick insects discovered in well-studied regions of Australia
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"Two new species of large stick insects discovered in well-studied regions of Australia" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Smithsonian Magazine, Infomance, BBC Wildlife Magazine and Earth.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (4)
- Two New Stick Insect Species Have Been Discovered in Australia—and Another One Was Hiding in Plain Sight Smithsonian Magazine · 2d ago
- Scientists Discover Two New Giant Stick Insect Species in Australia Infomance · 2d ago
- Australian ‘insect detectives’ discover stick insect as long as a toothbrush in Queensland rainforest BBC Wildlife Magazine · 2d ago
- Two new species of large stick insects discovered in well-studied regions of Australia Earth.com · 2d ago
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