Never harm a praying mantis, you could get in big trouble.” But is that really the law… or just playground mythology?

As humans, we experience an amazing world of colour, but what can other animals see? Some see much more than us, but how they use this vision is largely unknown. We see what we see because our eyes ...

A photograph purportedly showing a praying mantis that had just killed a hummingbird was recirculated on social media in August 2016, accompanied by a message that ...

"Beautiful" and "deadly" are two descriptors you don’t typically see attached to shrimp. But the mantis shrimp is in a class of its own. This colorful specimen has earned a reputation for being one of ...

Some animals reproduce only once before dying. This life strategy, called semelparity, sees organisms channel all energy into ...

The mantis shrimp might not look like a formidable foe, but even as a human you don't want to be staring down the barrel of its immensely-powerful club. Now, researchers at Purdue University and the ...

To humans, the mantis shrimp is known as the “thumb splitter,” due to its propensity to punch the digits of unfortunate fishers. To its prey on the seafloor, the mantis shrimp is known as “death ...

The carnivorous species of shrimp are called “thumb splitters” for a reason… A woman dining at a hotpot restaurant in China had the tables turned on her, quite literally, when her unassuming meal ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook For many fans, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has offered definitive takes on many different ...