When this praying mantis had its hapless victim in its spiked grasp, it hadn't banked on sharing it. The footage shot in Eifel, in west Germany, shows the power struggle between the it and a wasp.

This wasp-like mantis is a good reminder that there's a lot we don't know about the insect world. "There are about 2,500 species of mantises described," Svenson said.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History Director of Research and Collections Dr. Gavin Svenson has described a new species of praying mantis that displays the first documented example of conspicuous ...

A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae). PeerJ, 2019; 7: e7886 DOI: 10.7717 ...

"Out of all the cruelty in nature, the completely detached way a praying mantis eats a wasp might be one of the most disturbing. We’re so lucky those f*ckers aren’t dog sized, because they ...

A new species of praying mantis named after former Vice President Al Gore—Liturgusa algorei—for his climate activism. Photo courtesy of Svenson et al. Despite their pacific name, praying ...