Armed with kaleidoscopic eyesight, the ability to send secret messages and a punch so fast it can boil water, mantis shrimps are a force to be reckoned with. What is a mantis shri ...

For a small number of animals, reproduction marks a biological endpoint rather than a stage in an ongoing life cycle. Death follows mating with such consistency that it can be predicted within a ...

A Hierodula venosa praying mantis resembling a leaf, is seen at the Mino Park Museum of Insects in the Osaka Prefecture city of Minoh on June 23, 2023. (Mainichi/Mayu Maemoto) MINOH, Osaka -- Bugs ...