Research Confirms: (Insect) Moms Are the Best
In honor of Mother's Day, catch up on some recent research highlighting insect mothers that go to awe-inspiring lengths to care for their babies.
Old, But Not That Old: Debunking the Myth of Ancient Cockroaches
By Dominic Anthony Evangelista, Ph.D. and Manpreet Kohli Cockroaches are not 300 million years old. They might not even be 200 million years old. In fact, the oldest cockroaches known […]
New Checklist of Guiana Shield Highlights Cockroach Diversity in the Americas
Cockroaches that mimic beetles, semi-aquatic cockroaches, and cockroaches that live only in forest canopies … These are only a few of the 234 cockroach species listed as the known fauna […]
Female Cockroaches Reproduce Faster When Touched
A study by researchers at North Carolina State University demonstrates that female cockroaches reproduce faster when they are touched by other cockroaches. In fact, they found that even the touch […]