Cryptic coloration is also very useful when it comes to catching prey. This mantis feeds on small creatures such as crickets.

Experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman write, “These are the egg cases, called oothecae, of a praying mantis. Produced by the ...

The Pink Empusa Mantis isn’t the kind of insect you overlook. Native to North Africa, southern Europe, and the Mediterranean, ...

A praying mantis makes its way down a branch of a bush in a yard along Winding Road in Wood County recently. If you have a ...

McGowan notes he has seen mantises stalking hummingbird feeders before, but has never witnessed an attack. Anecdotal accounts ...

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 speed -- less than a tenth of a second or a blink of ...

In east China's Shandong Province, the martial art that imitates the movements of mantis has thrived for centuries. This tradition is preserved by practitioners like Liu Xin, a 55-year-old inheritor ...