Why Are They Called Cockroaches? The name cockroach comes from the Spanish term cucaracha, which derives from the Latin ...

Cockroaches are a hardy pest, and often elicit disgust. But they do have a few things going for them: They are cheap, can be raised in a space as small as a shoebox, and aren’t dangerous to humans.

I write about the world of biology. In the dense forests of Southeast Asia, an unusual partnership between bats and cockroaches is ... [+] expanding scientists’ understanding of relationships in ...

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore are working to develop cyborg cockroaches that could be used to save lives.

Insect-computer hybrids, sometimes called biobots, have been the subject of research for years. The idea is simple: harness ...

A research team at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has developed a method for automatically converting live cockroaches into cyborg cockroaches on a large scale with the help of robots.