Eventually, the female orchid mantises developed their gorgeous yellow, white, and pink coloring to better camouflage as ...

The praying mantis got its name from the Greek word mantikos, which means soothsayer or prophet. This name was given to them ...

When most people think of ferocious predators, lizards like the Komodo dragon might come to mind with their fearsome jaws and ...

"Most cultures, I believe, have a pretty 'positive' interpretation when praying mantis shows up," Weikel says. But she adds that, in her own opinion, "nothing is inherently either/or" when it ...

In our region, the praying mantis is a likely critter to emerge. Introduced to the U.S. about 40 years ago, their populations in the PNW have grown significantly in recent years, Zack said.

Pretty much everything we know about stereopsis, or 3D vision, we've learned from vertebrates. Monkeys, cats, owls, and toads have all been the subject of research showing that these animals have ...

The Chinese praying mantis is the one I see most often in our garden. They are brown with a green patch on their side that runs the length of their body. At 3 to 5 inches long, they are the larger ...