Praying mantises may not actually pray, but they do prey heavily on their fellow insects, along with other small land animals. Now, however, for the first time, scientists have documented a praying ...

One night in March of last year, a praying mantis crept onto a rooftop garden in India and perched on an artificial pond, waiting intently. When an unsuspecting guppy swam by, the insect snatched it ...

Mike Maxwell recently finished a ninth season studying the love life of the praying mantises that live around Bishop, a town in California's Eastern Sierra. Over that time, he's seen some unsettlingly ...