While there are somewhere around 2,000 species of mantids around the world, only three are common on Staten Island. In addition to the native Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), the European ...

If you find yourself outside this time of year, you might come across one of the world's more intriguing insects: praying mantises. Despite their saw-like arms and alien eyes, they pose no ...

A research team has identified a new species of praying mantis thanks to imprints of its fossilized wings. It lived in Labrador, in the Canadian Subarctic around 100 million years ago, during the time ...