Most humans ditched their 3-D goggles post-Avatar, but Newcastle University just released video of its scientists hurling virtual objects at a praying mantis equipped with a miniature set of ...

Mantis shrimp mushroom bodies reveal striking similarities to those found in insects. Shown here are the characteristic orthogonal networks of nerve fibers from the mushroom body of a mantis shrimp ...

Genomic analysis suggests the common kitchen vermin spread from Europe to the world. But it wasn’t originally found in Europe. A ubiquitous household pest has unexpected origins. A cockroach that ...

When you think of the Jurassic Period, you might think of dinosaurs, but all kinds of insects, including praying mantises, roamed the Earth back then, too. Some of the mantises died and fossilized ...

Spiders, cockroaches and mice could be crawling into your bedroom without you realising, and one everyday habit might be to blame. It turns out that something many people do without thinking is ...