Praying mantises were pretty common in Bingham County this year, but every time I saw one, I was reminded of a campy science fiction movie about earth-based soldiers fighting giant insects on a ...

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 ...

Adult females and males in a newly identified genus of Latin American praying mantises have evolved sharply different camouflage strategies, according to a Cleveland Museum of Natural History-led ...

Praying mantises are what scientists call “generalist” hunters, meaning they eat pretty much whatever they want. Despite their eclectic taste, however, no one has ever seen a praying mantis eat ...