What would you get if you crossed a wasp and a mantis? And no, this isn’t MCU fan fiction. The very real animal kingdom has just such a creature, called a mantisfly. But it is neither praying mantis ...

Being neither mantids nor flies, the peculiar mantis-flies are in fact predatory lacewings which use their mantis-like forelegs to catch prey. While most mantis-flies are known to feed on spider eggs ...

The cunning and devious behaviour of the orchid mantis, as it lies in wait for its prey, has been caught on camera. The mantis uses the lilac leaves of the flower as camouflage, while it remains ...