Cockroaches Are Health Hazards: How Dangerous Can They Be?

Medicine & Technology Apr 30, 2024

How dangerous could cockroaches be for health? Read to learn more.

Insect Maternal Care: How Cockroaches Transform for Live Birth and What It Means for Human Health

Oct 24, 2023

Hawaii's cockroaches offer insights into how insects adapt to give live birth by suppressing their immune systems. Check out how this knowledge could potentially lead to medical advances.

Cockroach Evolution: Insects Have Sugar-Free Diet to Avoid Pesticides, Affecting Its Mating Behavior

Jul 08, 2022

A new study shows that the behavioral aversion of cockroaches to sugar has taken a bitter turn that resulted in rejected males. Read the article to learn how cockroaches learned to have a sugar-free diet that affected their mating preferences.

Could Cockroaches Outlive Humans? Probably! Insects Have Survived Multiple Major Extinction Events Including Chicxulub That Killed Dinosaurs

Apr 01, 2022

Cockroaches are dubbed the ultimate survivors after surviving the major extinctions in history. Find out how these insects managed to live beyond the dinosaurs and whether they will outlive humans too.

These Cockroaches Practices Mutual Cannibalism Post-Coital Bliss

Feb 18, 2021

Mutual cannibalism may be the key for these cockroaches. They eat each other after coitus, and it is not because they are hungry.

Cockroaches Are Evolving And in the Future They can Become Impossible To Kill

Nov 22, 2019

A new study showed that cockroaches are no longer affected by the chemicals in bug sprays, making them difficult to kill.

Cockroaches Are Becoming Immune to Insecticides

Jul 04, 2019

Scientists were able to keep cockroach populations level through rotating insecticides, but weren't actually able to reduce their numbers.

Jewel Wasp Has Abilities To Turn Cockroaches Into Zombies

May 12, 2017

A special chemical blend which is injected into the brains of cockroaches by the demon jewel wasp can easily turn the cockroaches into zombies, making them a pawn, totally in the wasp’s control.

What Are The Insects That Can Crawl Inside Your Body And What To Do If It Happens

Feb 16, 2017

Cockroaches are prone to climbing through the ears of a sleeping person, as it can consider earwax as food.