What if the creepiest critter in your house could teach your kids a lesson about love, loyalty and the scientific method? A new study reveals that a species of wood-eating cockroach may form lifelong ...

Anil Oza, STAT’s Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow, used to research and teach neurophysiology to college students using snails and crayfish. Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT ...

A swarm of insects could one day be the most reassuring sight imaginable to someone trapped in a collapsed building. That’s because researchers at N.C. State are developing technology that equips ...

WASHINGTON - Tiny robots programmed to act like roaches were able to blend into cockroach society, according to researchers studying the collective behavior of insects. Cockroaches tend to ...

Cockroaches are often called the only creatures that could survive nuclear war. The truth is more complicated. While they can ...