Spotting a dark, flat-bodied insect scurrying across your kitchen floor at night is enough to send most people into a panic.

Cockroaches are often referred to as pests: a destructive insect or animal that disrupts both our homes and society. Their abilities to spread disease, cause allergic reactions and just be a pretty ...

Cockroaches are known for extraordinary survival abilities. From living without a head and holding their breath for long ...

A 2016 study in the journal 'International Union of Crystallography' found that Pacific beetle cockroaches can produce "milk" that has more nutritional value than dairy. (CNN) -- When 40-year-old Zane ...

When 40-year-old Zane Wedding went swimming last week, he left with more than he bargained for – a cockroach, which burrowed inside his left ear and stayed there for three days. Wedding, who is Māori ...

Have you ever thought you’d be seeing a cyborg cockroach that runs on solar power and carries a backpack that looks like an electric circuit? A team of researchers at Japan’s RIKEN research institute ...

In a breakthrough that blends biology and robotics, researchers at the University of Osaka have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously—without wires, surgery, or ...

A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas's headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush before gently scooping up a cockroach with his bare hands. As ...

Tiny onboard electronics guide insect movement without hindering agility, pointing to potential use in search-and-rescue work ...