While walking around Hawkins Preserve in Cortez on a recent morning, I happened upon an insect that is letting itself be seen more this time of year. I managed to carefully scoop her (or him) up in my ...

Many animals can be adequately described by their namesake. The name Trans-Pecos Ratsnake tells one where that species can be observed. The name Eastern Bluebird tells one the color of the bird. The ...

Sierra Allen took this photo in the Valley of a Praying Mantis in the leaves of a Japanese maple. Though it is difficult to ...

While he doesn't share the names of the colorful creatures, he does share eight different types of mantis (according to ...

Maybe it's those big eyes. The spooky gaze. Or perhaps it's the reverent posture. One thing is certain: There's no other animal like the praying mantis. An encounter with this bizarre beast is one you ...

A NEW insect with “praying hands” has been spotted in England for the first time. They have been seen in the Channel Islands ...

The last two years have been kind to the insect population in north Florida, and 2015 appears to be continuing the trend. The weather has provided enough rain for those bugs which depend on the ...

Praying mantises have been spotted in the wild in mainland England for the first time. Cornwall Wildlife Trust (CWT) ...

Praying mantises were pretty common in Bingham County this year, but every time I saw one, I was reminded of a campy science fiction movie about earth-based soldiers fighting giant insects on a ...

A new praying mantis has been identified, and like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it has a fondness for prominent neckwear. "This species description of Ilomantis ginsburgae is novel since ...

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