I was startled. A praying mantis materialized in the flowers, inches from my hand. I was watering with a hose, and the big bug made its way gingerly up a nearby fence to escape the water. I was ...

The news about “murder hornets” making it to the United States prompted an old video of one of the hornets being eaten by a praying mantis to circulate on Twitter. Now everyone is wondering if the ...

Praying may save us from murder hornets after all. Wild video posted online shows a giant Asian hornet finally meeting its match: a brain-gobbling praying mantis. The clip starts with the mantis ...

There are a number of other predators considered beneficial to your garden because they are natural eaters of insect pests that plague our plants. For example, praying mantis are aggressive eaters of ...