Humans are animal chauvinists: we like our insects pretty. As fall arrives, the monarch butterfly and praying mantids may ...

What would you get if you crossed a wasp and a mantis? And no, this isn’t MCU fan fiction. The very real animal kingdom has just such a creature, called a mantisfly. But it is neither praying mantis ...

This week’s featured creature is an insect which is among my favorites. And despite its name, the Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) is the most common mantis found across North America. I’ve ...