All living creatures on this planet are capable of biting something. Whether or not it’s a bite you can feel is another story ...

Female praying mantids ... Bizarre as is seems, the male mantid can continue to engage in sex after his head has been devoured. Sexual cannibalism isn't a must for the mantis to reproduce.

Unlike males, females have very short wings that only cover the front part of their body. The new to science praying mantis ...

Finding multiple females of the French Guiana species in close proximity to each other is “particularly noteworthy,” researchers said.

Mantis shrimp have a reputation as fighters and it's well deserved. But they also have a romantic side to them, which they show off with a well-choreographed mating dance. The Art of Sausage ...

I made two praying mantises out of green Play-Doh ... glue and glitter and placed it in front of the dollhouse with the headless male mantis at, yes, the head of it. When we brought my mother ...

These critters get their name from their kaleidoscope shell—like a peacock’s tail—and their hinged forearms which resemble that of a praying mantis and ... will store the male’s sperm ...

Like a praying mantis, the mantis shrimp use a ... Hunting with their longer spears, male zebra mantis shrimp provide virtually all of the food while the female puts her efforts into raising ...

Frog – Some frogs can survive for hours or even days without a head under specific lab conditions. Praying Mantis – Females sometimes eat the male’s head during mating, but the male continues mating ...

Females, on guard. Until that moment, all that was known about one praying mantis species — Microphotina viridescens — was learned by observing males, according to an April 15 study published ...