CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Social media feeds have been filled with praying mantises recently and the reason for that -- to put it in millennial terms -- is because they are out and about and frantically ...

While there are somewhere around 2,000 species of mantids around the world, only three are common on Staten Island. In addition to the native Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), the European ...

The other day I saw a praying mantis that had been accidentally crushed and thought what a loss it was — or was it? Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) is an insect that was introduced to North America ...

You may have noticed some large, charismatic insect friends hanging out in tall grasses or low bushes lately, or perhaps absorbing the warmth of the sun on the side of a building. Late summer and ...

There's a good reason Chinese martial artists for centuries have copied the movements of the praying mantis, as you'll see in this in-your-face display from a real practitioner. Somayeh Kashi of ...

I found a praying mantis on my garage floor recently. I carefully moved it (they are known to bite) into my garden. It was light brown, about 3 inches long. The turning head and upright posture of ...