All praying mantids (another term for plural mantis used in scientific research) have strange triangular-shaped heads, thoraxes, abdomens, wings (some do not have wings), and antennas. Each ...

Mike Maxwell recently finished a ninth season studying the love life of the praying mantises that live around Bishop, a town in California’s Eastern Sierra. Over that time, he’s seen some ...

The species represents the rebirth of the praying mantis collection.” Males present asymmetrical S-shaped antenna segments. Image courtesy of Projeto Mantis. Praying mantises get their name from ...