The news about “murder hornets” making it to the United States prompted an old video of one of the hornets being eaten by a praying mantis to circulate on Twitter. Now everyone is wondering if the ...

I know very little about the murder hornets. Under normal circumstances, I would be very interested in learning everything I could about giant killer insects invading America. That seems like the type ...

Nature's 'sleeper beast,' the praying mantis, belies its calm facade with lethal predatory prowess. These insects, masters of stealth and speed, possess remarkable 3D vision and lightning-fast strikes ...

Sue Katherine Boye Williams, 16, a junior at the Watkinson School in Hartford, Conn. and Chris Tracy, 19, a senior at the school, stand near an inlaid design of Connecticut's current State Insect, the ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

HARTFORD, Conn.HARTFORD, Conn. — When it comes to state insects, most states honor beloved and benign bugs, like butterflies, honey bees and ladybugs. Connecticut has designated a voracious predator ...

Praying mantises may not actually pray, but they do prey heavily on their fellow insects, along with other small land animals. Now, however, for the first time, scientists have documented a praying ...

Sue Katherine Boye Williams, 16, a junior at the Watkinson School in Hartford, Conn. and Chris Tracy, 19, a senior at the school, stand near an inlaid design of Connecticut's current State Insect, the ...

Hold that pose! These famous insects are more than meets the eye. Delve into these fun facts about the praying mantis.