For a small number of animals, reproduction marks a biological endpoint rather than a stage in an ongoing life cycle. Death ...

Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in theGrio, Shondaland and ESSENCE GU. Charlie Kirk's wife Erika says she was ...

The breviary, or the liturgical book containing the Liturgy of the Hours, is seen in this illustration photo. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) Another busy day: Zooms, meetings, emails and two Masses. I ...

A photograph purportedly showing a praying mantis that had just killed a hummingbird was recirculated on social media in August 2016, accompanied by a message that ...

Named for their prominent front legs that fold together in a gesture suggesting devotion, the praying mantis comes off as serene and soulful. They are not as docile as they appear. In fact, praying ...

However, this is not a common or dangerous problem. Christmas tree farms take precautions to prevent "harmless hitchhikers." By one estimate, only 1 in 100,000 Christmas trees has a post-harvest pest.

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 ...

Newfound nerve cells in the insects’ brains play a role in depth perception A praying mantis depends on precision targeting when hunting insects. Now, scientists have identified nerve cells that help ...

I cannot help but feel there is some healthy tension between this idea of praying without ceasing and the Annunciation that we read in today’s Gospel. Yes, we are always in God’s presence, but it ...

Doomsday, featuring Thor praying to Odin in a forest, shown in theaters, has prompted numerous questions in fans' minds. Let’s see what we know so far.

Praying for Jamaica and the Caribbean as Hurricane Melissa 2025 becomes one of the strongest hurricanes to impact the region.

Conservatives and free speech activists on Twitter railed against a recent video depicting police interrogating and ultimately arresting a pro-life woman who was silently praying outside a U.K.