A praying mantis appeared to join a party as it danced on a concert-goer's head. Footage shows the insect waving upwards and forwards its front limbs, seemingly in rhythm with music, while perched on ...

Listen to the story read by the author, Cynthia Gordon Kayet: A female praying mantis lived as our prisoner that school year in a rectangular glass terrarium outfitted with twigs and leaves and ...

A praying mantis is a lanky insect with a triangular head, large eyes, and six long legs, the front two of which seem to be perpetually lifted in prayer. But with over 2,400 species of them on the ...

Female praying mantids are known for eating their mates, but what is the evolutionary advantage to this practice? This series of images is taken from film shot for Evolution: "Why Sex?" ...

Praying mantises have mastered the art of how not to be seen. Their camouflage has both defensive and offensive applications – it helps them avoid being preyed upon, and it also helps them sneak up on ...

The praying mantis was slowly walking along the edge of the parking lot, not a bug friendly place. Maybe it had hitched a ride on the front of someone’s car. Measuring about 2 to 3.5 inches long ...

FREE! See a tiny and ethereal looking Peruvian Dragon mantis swaying back and forth on a person's hand. When full grown, this ...

What a gift it has been, to share time and space with Manty, to experience her totemic significance, a spiritual inkblot ...