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 ...

What’s the cleverest way to avoid being noticed by a predator in a forest? Make yourself look like a dead leaf, of course! Meet the ghost mantis, a master of disguise and mimicry. These fascinating ...

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 ...