Though we know them to be dirty insects, cockroaches are actually incredible self-groomers. In fact, their grooming behavior ...

New cockroach behavior discovered by University of California, Berkeley, biologists secures the insect's reputation as one of nature's top escape artists, able to skitter away and disappear from sight ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Roach-sized robots that scientists introduced into real roach colonies were able to change the bugs' group behavior, a study released ...

(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 ...

Unlike ants and termites, individual cockroaches exhibit dynamic character traits, such as bravery and sociability. This may explain why cockroaches are such ...

A close look at a viral spider video reveals how web-building spiders use silk to restrain, transport, and consume large prey.

Researchers have known since the 1970s that cockroaches are attracted to their own poop. Schal and his group determined that even cockroaches that were raised in sterile conditions so that they’d ...