To test what would happen if a praying mantis couldn’t rotate its parts, the researchers did something kind of mean — they superglued the abdomens of two of the insects.

Mantises are tropical insects and most of the existing 2,200 mantis species are found only in the warmer parts of the world. The praying mantis is related to cockroaches but they are not feared ...

Praying mantis courtship can be a dangerous affair; females have been well-documented biting off the heads and eating other body parts of the males that they mate with. However, the frequency of ...

In many parts of the world the praying mantis is encouraged because of their appetite for insect pests that damage crops. There are nearly 2,000 different mantis species worldwide, found mostly in ...

Watch a praying mantis leap in super slo-mo 00:29. The wingless praying mantis might be called the long jumper of the insect world. These lanky critters have an uncanny ability to jump at lighting ...