Female praying mantises are famously dangerous sexual partners. They sometimes decapitate the male and eat his body once gametes have been exchanged. But new research adds a strange anatomical wrinkle ...

Scientists tracked mantis strike force from youth to adulthood, showing females eventually hit far harder than males. Why is ...

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 ...

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Some animals are biologically programmed to die shortly after mating, a process known as semelparity. In certain species, ...

This image shows a thistle mantis fastidiously cleaning one of its antennae. Males use these antennae to detect pheromones (reproductive chemicals) released by females of the species that are ready to ...