Nothing stands between a male praying mantis and his need to get laid, not even losing his head to a hungry mate. Now, a particularly gruesome video shows that, even without a head, a male mantis was ...

Female praying mantises are famous for attacking and cannibalising their mates during or after a sexual encounter, but evidence is emerging that some males attack too, and that winning a fight is ...

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 ...

Mike Maxwell recently finished a ninth season studying the love life of the praying mantises that live around Bishop, a town in California’s Eastern Sierra. Over that time, he’s seen some unsettlingly ...

Praying mantises are among nature’s most fascinating yet terrifying insects, often mistaken for peaceful, meditative creatures due to their signature “praying” posture. Beneath this calm appearance, ...

Nature's 'sleeper beast,' the praying mantis, belies its calm facade with lethal predatory prowess. These insects, masters of stealth and speed, possess remarkable 3D vision and lightning-fast strikes ...