Finding a suitable partner can often feel like a life-and-death struggle. But sometimes, the stakes are really that high. The Springbok Mantis (Miomantis caffra) has acquired a particularly brutal ...

As you probably know, the female praying mantis will sometimes bite her mate’s head off. It’s not something that the insects make a habit of, exactly – they probably only do it when a male is ...

Deadly deception A starving female mantis is better than her well-fed counterparts at using pheromones to attract males, new research suggests. But her signals are deceptive. While they promise sex, ...