Asian praying mantises are quietly spreading across Europe, and climate change is handing them every advantage they need. What makes this invasion so unsettling is not just how fast they are ...

One night in March of last year, a praying mantis crept onto a rooftop garden in India and perched on an artificial pond, waiting intently. When an unsuspecting guppy swam by, the insect snatched it ...

Even though I know that praying mantises are not native to New England and that they are not beneficial (due to their voracious appetites for anything small and alive) I still wait for them to show up ...