Adrian Kozakiewicz has been collecting and breeding unique tropical insects for the last 15 years and shares them with his fans on social media. In a recent Instagram post, where he has more than 5 ...

Gov. Roy Cooper with his “grand-dog” Ben, who enjoys “sitting on his loved one's feet and licking himself,” according to a Facebook page created for the governor’s pets. First Pets of North Carolina ...

Gov. Roy Cooper’s two dogs, two cats and pet praying mantis now have their own Facebook page. The page “First Pets of North Carolina” includes photos of all five pets that have moved into the governor ...

Winnifred “Fred” Cooper, the “First Mantis of NC,” has died, according to Gov. Roy Cooper’s daughter, Natalie. Cooper’s daughter, an insect enthusiast, announced Fred’s passing Monday on the family’s ...

Praying mantis strikes at curious dog in Colorado Meagan Schrecengost recordered an encounter in Berthoud between Brock, a family dog, and a praying mantis he found in the yard. The insect is ...

Winnifred “Fred” Cooper, the “First Mantis of NC,” has died, according to Gov. Roy Cooper’s daughter, Natalie. Cooper’s daughter, an insect enthusiast, announced Fred’s passing Monday on the family’s ...

While there are somewhere around 2,000 species of mantids around the world, only three are common on Staten Island. In addition to the native Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), the European ...

The governor of North Carolina is very serious about his pets — they even have their own Facebook page. The page "First Pets of North Carolina" shows the fascinating lives of Roy Cooper's two dogs, ...

I walked into the house clutching our newest pet and my wife, Andrea, backed away as if I were holding radioactive waste. “It creeps me out,” she said. “It looks like an alien.” I thought it was a ...