Bug lovers will recall that the female praying mantis cannibalizes the head of her sexual partner upon mating. Turns out this may not entirely accurate. Placing them in the same jar, the male, in ...

Inevitably you have spied upon or befriended praying mantises in your garden this growing season. Although most adults die out during the late fall and early winter, they have left behind foamy garden ...

Female praying mantises are famously dangerous sexual partners. They sometimes decapitate the male and eat his body once gametes have been exchanged. But new research adds a strange anatomical wrinkle ...

Female dragon mantises aren't subtle about letting males know that they're ready for sex. When it's mating time, females of this rare praying mantis species inflate a glistening, greenish gland that ...

The females were first observed by citizen scientists with the Association for the Study of Mantises of French Guiana. Photo by Dieny Portinanni via Unsplash High up in the tree canopy in a forest in ...

Males use raptor-like forelegs to pin down females. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Female mantises are notorious for sexual ...

Who has six legs, cone-shaped eyes, and just changed science history? Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of course. All right, fine. Not the revered Supreme Court justice herself, but the new mantis species ...

The female praying mantis emits a sexual aura that draws a male to her. Just as they finish mating, the female, knowing the male has done his duty and is no longer needed, bites his head off and ...