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 ...

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 ...

A seemingly innocent praying mantis has been caught on camera munching down an unexpectedly large prey: a hummingbird. The video, which shows the mantis hanging upside down from a tree branch, holding ...

While walking around Hawkins Preserve in Cortez on a recent morning, I happened upon an insect that is letting itself be seen more this time of year. I managed to carefully scoop her (or him) up in my ...

This short timelapse of a praying mantis eating a fly is like a horror film directed by nature. From afar, watching a praying mantis catch a small bug isn't something most would bat an eye over. Up ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Murder hornets made headlines last week after they were reported to have emerged in the United States following sightings in Washington. The hornets, originating in Asia, can ...