A praying mantis slowly approaches a 3D printed model of a wasp before striking. The model is moved using a motor as mantises will ignore static prey (VIDEO) University of Nottingham Caption A praying ...

It's easy to forget that the world is not as it seems. We humans are equipped with a particular set of senses that give us particular insight into the world—we see in visible light, for instance, not ...

Scientists at Newcastle University are outfitting praying mantises with the world’s smallest 3D glasses, to understand better how these notoriously dextrous predators perceive depth. According to the ...

Not long ago, scientists at the University of Newcastle made the incredible discovery that praying mantis insects can see the world in 3D. To prove this, they used an extremely clever method. The ...

Insects see the world very differently than we do, but researchers from Newcastle University in the UK now say that the praying mantis possesses one important element of human vision: It can see in 3D ...