As you probably know, the female praying mantis will sometimes bite her mate’s head off. It’s not something that the insects make a habit of, exactly – they probably only do it when a male is ...

Female mantises are notorious for sexual cannibalism, gulping down males before, during or after it's time to tango. But unlike other male mantises, the male springbok mantis sometimes escapes ...

Female praying mantises are famously dangerous sexual partners. They sometimes decapitate the male and eat his body once gametes have been exchanged. But new research adds a strange anatomical wrinkle ...