Insights from probing the shock-absorbing layer within the crustacean’s club-like claw could inspire the design of tough new ...

Like other mantises, the Peruvian Dragon Mantis ambushes its prey. It waits for prey (other ... What a majestic little critter! See also: Praying Mantis devours locust in time-lapse The post ...

A praying mantis is a fascinating ... that these insects may or may not attack large prey unless they've gone long without ...

Rumor has it that birds fall victim to insects they view as prey: praying mantises ... with the 8-centimeter-long predator, the largest mantis in Japan. Not much escapes its clutches, armed ...

These critters get their name from their kaleidoscope shell—like a peacock’s tail—and their hinged forearms which resemble that of a praying ... shell of a mantis shrimp’s prey, killing ...

Like a praying mantis, the mantis shrimp use a specialised pair of forelimbs to capture prey and are divided into the ‘spearers’, those that hunt by impaling their prey on spear like ...

If not cryptic mimicry, why did the orchid mantis behavior evolve this way? By evolving to be larger and more flower-like, female mantises increase their chances to catch insect prey. It's called ...