Insects that look like flowers: Nature is often described as a battlefield, but for some predators, it is a masquerade ball. While most creatures use camouflage to vanish into the background, a select ...

As a grower, each year I am faced with different challenges. We can’t control everything about gardening, and that is part of the thrill of it. What challenge will pop ...

Across land, sea, and air, they use a mix of stealth, mimicry, and lightning-fast attacks to feed, and in some cases, defend themselves.

You can easily spend a morning at The Insect Asylum, grab lunch at one of the area’s many eateries, and then wander through the neighborhood discovering other hidden gems. It’s the kind of outing that ...

EXPERTS have revealed the truth behind a bizarre cockroach cannibalism ritual that leaves the loathed critters wingless. A ...

Scientists discover thousands of new species every year, and a surprising number of those creatures end up named after pop ...

The Shakira wasp is a parasite of caterpillars, feeding and developing inside them and causing them to bend and twist their abdomens in a distinctive way, which reminded lead author Scott Shaw and ...

The mouth of a praying mantis is perfectly adapted for its predatory lifestyle. Its mandibles (jawbones) are designed to ...

When it's spring, the sun is shining, and many of us are heading into our gardens to start tending to plants and crops in time for the summer months. But one Redditor got a surprise after spotting an ...

The jumbo bug that most people identify as a praying mantis creeps me out. Actually, folks who identify and study these insect varmints from the scientific side of things typically call them praying ...

The praying mantis got its name from the Greek word mantikos, which means soothsayer or prophet. This name was given to them because of the unique way this insect rests with its forelegs clasped ...