If you look quickly, you might mistake the ghost mantis for a dead leaf. Its decorative appearance is one of its best tools.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) All told, trillions of insects are farmed each year across the globe – more than all ...

Male lions that take over a new pride often kill and sometimes eat the cubs of the previous dominant male to ensure their own ...

Some creatures possess astonishing survival abilities, even managing to live without their heads.

In particular the images were praised for encapsulating the research that developed miniature glasses to prove that praying mantises use 3D vision. From Brazil to Japan, National Geographic to Nature, ...

During recent field surveys, researchers collected four juvenile praying mantises and brought them back to the lab, according to a study published Feb. 27 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. The ...

The team examined the feeding behavior of various predators, including spined soldier bugs, Carolina mantises, and Chinese mantises. These insects, already known for preying on agricultural pests, ...

Don’t let their calm posture fool you praying mantises are stealthy, precise, and deadly hunters. With lightning-fast strikes and powerful claws, these insects are true masters of ambush.

The study revealed that spined soldier bugs—a predatory stink bug native to North America known for preying on various agricultural pests—as well as Carolina and Chinese mantises were ...