Rumor has it that birds fall victim to insects they view as prey: praying mantises ... with the 8-centimeter-long predator, the largest mantis in Japan. Not much escapes its clutches, armed ...

If not cryptic mimicry, why did the orchid mantis behavior evolve this way? By evolving to be larger and more flower-like, female mantises increase their chances to catch insect prey. It's called ...

Like a praying mantis, the mantis shrimp use a specialised pair of forelimbs to capture prey and are divided into the ‘spearers’, those that hunt by impaling their prey on spear like ...