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One night in March of last year, a praying mantis crept onto a rooftop garden in India and perched on an artificial pond, waiting intently. When an unsuspecting guppy swam by, the insect snatched it ...

Scientists described the first evidence of a praying mantis feeding on fish, reporting the chance observations of a Bangalore lawyer Scientists on Thursday described the first evidence of a praying ...

The mantis shrimp is neither a mantis nor a shrimp, but it does wield perhaps the most stunning strike in the animal kingdom. Sitting below its face are two hammers, which the crustacean cocks back ...

Journal of Experimental Biology: David Bertsch, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Biology, discussed research he conducted on how praying mantis’ hunting habits change depending on how hungry ...