A headless cockroach isn’t fictional biology. Here’s how its decentralized systems keep it alive for days after being ...

The mystery of just how the notorious cockroach became one of the most widespread vermin has been solved by scientists. The origins of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica)—the one usually ...

Entomologists have solved the 250-year-old origin puzzle of the most prevalent indoor urban pest insect on the planet: the German cockroach. The team's research findings, representing the genomic ...

Sex pheromones are vital in facilitating the chemical communication that underpins insect courtship and mating behavior. Among female American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana), two key volatile sex ...

Heartbroken? The Houston Museum of Natural Science offers a humorous form of catharsis: Name a hissing cockroach after your ...