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Oriental cockroaches and American cockroaches are both widely known as household pests around the world. They have a similar appearance at first glance, so if you have one of these creatures invading ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The genome of the American cockroach has been sequenced for the first time, revealing why these ...

There are some creatures that endear their way into people's hearts. Cockroaches are not one of them. The brown and round insects are notorious for living in inhospitable places and being difficult to ...

The Turkestan cockroach (commonly known as the red runner roach or rusty red roach), which is popular as food for pet reptiles, has an interneuron extremely sensitive to sex pheromones emitted by ...

Kung Fu cockroaches may hold a key to salvation during the zombie apocalypse. Just look to their impressive defensive maneuvers. Vanderbilt University biologist Ken Catania in a new report shows ...

Many nocturnal animals including insects use a species-specific smell, that is sex a pheromone, to locate and attract potential mates. For example, female American cockroaches emit sex pheromones ...