At this time of year, some nurseries start selling the egg cases of Chinese mantis as a biological control for the garden. These alien-looking insects are praying mantis and are harmless to humans, ...

'Praying Mantis' is another blue-chip production from the master workshop of award-winning filmmaker Kurt Muendl. Programmes like 'An Everyday Monster' about the house fly, 'Shadow hunters' about ...

Many animals can be adequately described by their namesake. The name Trans-Pecos Ratsnake tells one where that species can be observed. The name Eastern Bluebird tells one the color of the bird. The ...

If you thought that the praying mantis was an innocuous, almost zen-like insect with a passive demeanor then prepare to have your world turned upside down. Researchers have found that these aggressive ...

There is no way I would ever take the unusual praying mantis for granted. This growing season, Shirley Chapman had asked some of us if we had any of the egg cases. She wanted to follow the thrilling ...

Males, picture this scene. Pheromones have triggered the let’s-have-sex instinct, but nature has created a female several times your size and, instinctively, you know an abundance of caution is ...

Praying mantises are carnivorous insects with powerful raptorial front legs that usually depend on arthropods such as insects or spiders as their primary prey. Now new research indicates that praying ...