A praying mantis depends on precision targeting when hunting insects. Now, scientists have identified nerve cells that help calculate the depth perception required for these predators’ surgical ...

New research shows these ferocious insects don’t just hunt like robots. By Cara Giaimo A praying mantis watches intently as a fly bobs by. In less than a blink, she’s snatched it up.

A praying mantis wears the tiny 3-D glasses. The new research could help robots interpret the world around them. A praying mantis wears the tiny 3-D glasses. The new research could help robots ...

The praying mantis (more properly called the "praying mantids," as the "mantis" refers to the genus mantis, of which only some praying mantids are a part) has long spikes on the end of its legs ...

Lohit Garikipati discovered a new species in the praying mantis family. He first spotted the bug a few years ago in Arizona, but it didn't molt into an adult. "Then, years later, a friend of mine ...