Centuries-old Japanese temples are still repaired using an ancient woodworking technique. This method, called kigumi, ...

Two striking Asian praying mantis species that have rapidly spread across Europe have now been officially classified as ...

The female bush tiger mantis stalks and captures prey on the ground and undergrowth. Credit: Gavin Svenson Circling the light trap used to lure insects out of the thick, wet night in Rwanda's ...

Researchers have identified three new snake mantis species from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Their flat, leaf-hugging posture shows how camouflage and behaviour can keep insects hidden from both ...

Mantises are elite ambush predators, snatching their victims with a lightning-fast strike of their front limbs. But one newly described species doesn’t just hold its prey in a prickly embrace: It ...

Biologists have described a new species of praying mantis that displays the first documented example of conspicuous mimicking of a wasp among praying mantises. Cleveland Museum of Natural History ...

A McGill-led research team has identified a new species of praying mantis thanks to imprints of its fossilized wings. It lived in Labrador, in the Canadian Subarctic around 100 million years ago, ...