Of the seven species of mantises in Colorado, Mantis religiosa, is one of the largest and most common. They measure up to three inches long and range in color from tan to a bright green, which helps ...

Try to sneak up on a praying mantis, and you may be surprised when it looks over its shoulder at you. No other insect can do this. This ability, along with their rather humanlike faces and forelegs ...

Adult females and males in a new genus of Latin American praying mantises have sharply different approaches to camouflage. Males retain the stick-like appearance they employ as nymphs, while females ...