(A) Maze channel design, (B) guiding electric stimulation, (C) punishing electric stimulation, and (D) punishing heat stimulation. The lower-right image is a thermal image of the maze surface. The ...

Roaches are more diverse, more complex, and less pestilent than we tend to think. The American cockroach is peridomestic, meaning it lives near people both indoors and out. Popular habitats include ...

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 ...

Evolution has saved roach reproduction from an earlier mutation that interfered with how males court females. By Bethany Brookshire Cockroaches are changing up their sex lives, and it’s all our fault.

Annapolis, MD; August 14, 2024—A common variety of consumer insecticide sprays is mostly ineffective and of "little to no value" in eliminating cockroach infestations, a new study shows. Residual ...

Two wood-feeding cockroaches (Salganea taiwanensis). The one on the left is missing it's wings after the mutual wing-eating behavior. The one on the right has it's wings intact. Haruka Osaki and Eiiti ...

The German cockroach is an indoor pest that is found across the world. Science has finally solved the mystery of its origin. The cockroach, contrary to popular belief, isn’t one species. There are ...

Hidden behind stacks of cardboard across factories in China, billions of cockroaches are quietly fueling a multi-million-dollar revolution that could change the way we eat and live. Humans may be ...