Praying Mantis, Mantis religiosa, eating a grasshopper. The squad of insects captured in this extraordinary YouTube clip is among the most visually striking you are likely to come across. They look ...

When most people think of ferocious predators, lizards like the Komodo dragon might come to mind with their fearsome jaws and huge build. However, despite being consistently aggressive during hunting, ...

Praying mantids, commonly referred to as praying mantis, may look harmless, but they’re aggressive predators that eat a wide ...

Even though I know that praying mantises are not native to New England and that they are not beneficial (due to their voracious appetites for anything small and alive) I still wait for them to show up ...

Gavin Svenson heads to the Brazilian rainforest to sample the diversity of mantises. Mantis expert Gavin Svenson heads to the Brazilian amazon to sample the diversity of mantises in the forest. It is ...