Megaloblatta longipennis is the rainforest giant cockroach that amazes scientists with its size, wingspan and survival skills.

Like an entomological Armie Hammer? They say cockroaches will inherit the earth. However, it’s a wonder they reproduce at all: Japanese researchers revealed that these household pests have a penchant ...

For certain cockroaches living inside rotten logs in Asia, nothing says “I love you” like some minor cannibalism. Newly mated pairs of one species, Salganea taiwanensis, take turns chewing each ...

Two wood-feeding cockroaches (Salganea taiwanensis). The one on the left is missing it's wings after the mutual wing-eating behavior. The one on the right has it's wings intact. Haruka Osaki and Eiiti ...

The key to a monogamous relationship is cannibalism – at least for wood-feeding cockroaches. This behaviour has probably evolved so these insects can keep partners around to help raise offspring. Most ...

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