A backyard gardener's close-up encounter with a praying mantis chowing down on a spotted lanternfly is giving people hope for a more natural way to fight one of the most frustrating invasive pests ...

SEATTLE — Could praying mantises be a feasible way to control or kill Asian giant hornets in Washington state? Experts say no, but the mantis could certainly put up a good fight. The question was ...

In Michigan, we have two species of praying mantis. Both of our mantis species, the Chinese praying mantis and the European praying mantis, are not native and have been introduced into our state. They ...