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

I write about the world of biology. At first glance, the mantis shrimp is an unassuming crustacean that spends its days scuttling along the seafloor. But don’t let their small size fool you into ...

Among the newfound creatures are unicorn mantises, which have mysterious, hornlike structures on their heads, as seen above on a member of the genus Zoolea. It’s unclear exactly what purpose the ...

A Greater Antilles adult female praying mantis from the genus Callimantis, in the wild. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

This is a moss mantis (a member of the genus Haania), a nymph at the stage of development before it becomes a winged adult. You can see its head (1); its clawed front legs (2); and the moss-colored, ...