Nothing stands between a male praying mantis and his need to get laid, not even losing his head to a hungry mate. Now, a particularly gruesome video shows that, even without a head, a male mantis was ...

This short timelapse of a praying mantis eating a fly is like a horror film directed by nature. From afar, watching a praying mantis catch a small bug isn't something most would bat an eye over. Up ...

For a small number of animals, reproduction marks a biological endpoint rather than a stage in an ongoing life cycle. Death follows mating with such consistency that it can be predicted within a ...

Hungry female praying mantises don't hesitate to turn their sexual partners into lunch, so striking up a "friends-with-benefits" relationship with these creatures may seem a tad one-sided. But, from ...

Female mantises are notorious for sexual cannibalism, gulping down males before, during or after it's time to tango. But unlike other male mantises, the male springbok mantis sometimes escapes ...

Female praying mantises are famous for attacking and cannibalising their mates during or after a sexual encounter, but evidence is emerging that some males attack too, and that winning a fight is ...