Envisioning armies of electronically controllable insects is probably nightmare fuel for most people. But scientists think they could help rescue workers scour challenging and hazardous terrain. An ...

A Michigan library is reopening after an infestation scare sparked by a insect-filled DVD return. Last week, staff at the Royal Oak Public Library announced that the library had received a DVD ...

A cockroach on the Upper West Side is genetically different from one on the Upper East Side, according to researchers studying the pests. Mark Stoeckle, a research associate at Rockefeller University, ...

Fifteen restaurants, hotels and other businesses in Wichita were out of compliance during food safety and lodging inspections conducted by the Kansas Department of Agriculture last week. They were ...

If cockroaches completely gross you out, then look away. But if you've admired, even a tiny bit, the adaptations that help them thrive among us, I've got a video for you. It will help you develop a ...

Spotting a cockroach-like bug in your home is seldom a welcome sight, and seeing something sizable that scuttles across your floor is especially freaky. While the bug may look like a cockroach, it ...

Japan is home to the world's largest — and most painful — hornet. With a wingspan of up to three inches, the Asian giant hornet can look more like a tiny flying bird. And if you're a bird — or a bee — ...

"After today's festive gathering comes the Easter clean-up: the bugs have made it through winter. We are going to dismantle the financial machine that has been using corrupt dollars to 'buy' ...

Researchers from Berkeley today announced the creation of a robot cockroach, called the compressible robot with articulated mechanisms, or CRAM, funded in part by the Army Research Laboratory under ...