Nowadays, it seems like anyone can have any kind of pet that fits their heart’s desires, even if it is happiest and belongs in the wild. Our social media pages are filled with breeders begging ...

Decades from now, when humanity has been reduced to small populations hiding in catacombs deep beneath the earth from the Praying Mantii Overlords, they will think back to that fateful, accursed day ...

A close-up of a female false garden mantis. Photo: Dr Kate Barry A male false garden mantis. They are attracted to female's bright abdomens. Photo: Dr Kate Barry A close-up of a female false garden ...

An egg hidden under the tree's branches hatched after the holiday season. A Virginia veterinarian is experiencing a nightmare after Christmas as dozens of unwanted critters are roaming her home. More ...

While searching through a jumble of clay pots, I had abandoned by the side of the garden I found a praying mantis egg case secured to the side of a pot. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t think praying ...

Giving whole new meaning to the term "bug eyed," researchers glue tiny glasses to the weird insect that sees and hunts in 3D in hopes of understanding 3D vision better. Eric Mack has been a CNET ...

I was working in a garden earlier this summer surrounded by hues of green and the heady smell of soil. I was so fascinated by tilling the cool earth by hand, making drawings and furrows with my ...

When you think of the Jurassic Period, you might think of dinosaurs, but all kinds of insects, including praying mantises, roamed the Earth back then, too. Some of the mantises died and fossilized ...

If you haven't heard about murder hornets invading the US, you probably are living an innocent, "insect nightmare"-free existence under lockdown. Some of the rest of us are wondering when murder ...

New research shows these ferocious insects don’t just hunt like robots. By Cara Giaimo A praying mantis watches intently as a fly bobs by. In less than a blink, she’s snatched it up. When the tape is ...

Have you ever given insect symbolism much thought? Or more specifically, have you ever thought about the meaning of praying mantis symbolism? It may seem like a strange question — after all, many of ...