Chinese and European praying mantises lay recognizable egg cases

Egg cases from Chinese and European praying mantises can be differentiated by their shape. Neither species is native to ...

Mantis Robotics Achieves Safety Certification of World's First Fenceless, High-Speed Industrial Robot; Lays Foundation for Safe Humanoids and AI Robots Everywhere

The Mantis MR-1 robot arm, with 5kg payload, maximum speed up to 10 m/s and a 900mm reach, is currently available for sale. Safe-out-of-the-box, the robot ships standard with robot controller and the ...
PBS

How Mantises Became Nature’s Strangest Assassins

Mantises may look unearthly, but they’re uniquely adapted to life on this planet. These incredible hunters have repeatedly evolved into “ecomorphs”—groups that aren’t closely related, but share ...
Yahoo

Newly discovered mantis species dances like a snake to avoid death after sex

This male snake-tail mantis, Ameles serpentiscauda, has three simple eyes (ocelli) visible between its antennae, which mantises usually use during night flights to navigate using starlight. The short, ...
Nature

Mantis shrimp have the world’s fastest punch — here’s how their limbs survive

One of the world’s most fearsome crustaceans has evolved to deliver deadly punches to its prey without damaging its own body — and now, scientists have shown how. A study published on 6 February in ...