In the arid environment of west-central Iran, a new species of praying mantis was discovered. Pey Khakbaz via Unsplash The feeling of fear is familiar to everyone, from when you hear a peculiar ...

Praying mantises are adept at ambushing their prey with their specialized legs and swift reflexes. But when one goes for a Bombardier beetle, it gets a highly unpleasant chemical surprise.

Mantis shrimp are truly spectacular predators of the marine world. Like a praying mantis, the mantis shrimp use a specialised pair of forelimbs to capture prey and are divided into the ‘spearers ...

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.

Despite being relatively large insects, praying mantises remain poorly studied compared ... they need to be free to travel across these man-made boundaries,” Kolnegari said.