Like all great assassins, praying mantises are patient. Many species sit completely still, waiting until edible creatures comes within reach. Then they pounce, holding prey in a death grip with their ...

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Some spots along Blue Mountain are nearly devoid of any mast crop this year. It's the type of year that a few centuries ago would have led bands of Native Americans to relocate in search of better ...

DEAR JOAN: A few days ago, I found a praying mantis hanging out on one of my hummingbird feeders. A friend told me that praying mantises attack and eat hummingbirds! Can this be true? Should I have ...

Washington — The praying mantis is considered a beneficial bug in that it eats annoying insects such as stink bugs — but they also can consume backyard birds. “There have been several reports, and ...

When Dan Young backed out of his driveway Wednesday afternoon, a small flutter caught his eye. He quickly processed it as probably being a hummingbird, and his curiosity convinced him to back up for a ...

The first time I saw a praying mantis my dad explained that it ate lots of insect pests so I should never kill one. I suspect that everyone has learned that lesson as a child. Measuring up to four ...

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 ...

The light was almost gone from the valley when my husband David and I drove down to look at our wheat field. It's almost ready to be harvested, and in the daylight it's now bright yellow. But we weren ...