One night in March of last year, a praying mantis crept onto a rooftop garden in India and perched on an artificial pond, waiting intently. When an unsuspecting guppy swam by, the insect snatched it ...

Praying mantises may not actually pray, but they do prey heavily on their fellow insects, along with other small land animals. Now, however, for the first time, scientists have documented a praying ...

Praying mantises are what scientists call “generalist” hunters, meaning they eat pretty much whatever they want. Despite their eclectic taste, however, no one has ever seen a praying mantis eat ...

Sept. 20 (UPI) --Most praying mantises eat insects. Occasionally, mantids are seen preying on more exotic menu times -- birds, small amphibians and reptiles, even mice. According to new research, they ...

Commonly known to predate on insects, praying mantises have occasionally been observed to feed on vertebrates, including small birds, lizards, frogs, newts, mice, snakes and turtles. Mostly, such ...

Praying mantises have been spotted wild in the southwest of England for the first time and may have arrived on wind or in luggage. Cornwall Wildlife Trust (CWT) have reported that two recent sightings ...

This Instagram video shows a praying mantis ambushing and devouring a spider in second, proof that this “praying” insect is ...

There have been sightings of praying mantises in the wild in parts of south west England for the first time. Cornwall Wildlife Trust (CWT) said two separate sightings of the European praying mantis ...

From the Peruvian Amazon, researchers have described a new-to-science species of bright orange-red praying mantis that conspicuously mimics a wasp. The mantis mimics not only the bright coloration of ...