Female praying mantids are notorious for sexual cannibalism -- that is, for eating their male partner during mating. However, the possibility that males may have something to gain from this violent ...

Everybody knows that the female praying mantis will sometimes eat her partner after he’s mated with her. But new research suggests that some female mantids on the verge of starvation will actually ...

Hungry female praying mantises don't hesitate to turn their sexual partners into lunch, so striking up a "friends-with-benefits" relationship with these creatures may seem a tad one-sided. But, from ...