Listen to the story read by the author, Cynthia Gordon Kayet: A female praying mantis lived as our prisoner that school year in a rectangular glass terrarium outfitted with twigs and leaves and ...

I write about the world of biology. At first glance, the mantis shrimp is an unassuming crustacean that spends its days scuttling along the seafloor. But don’t let their small size fool you into ...

Like other reef species, mantis shrimp are likely affected by warming sea temperatures, ocean acidification, habitat destruction, and pollution. They are preyed on by large fish, cuttlefish ...