SWARM Biotactics, a German company, is fitting cockroaches with tiny backpacks to enable the insects to be used for ...

In a defense lab in Germany, a small startup is wiring live cockroaches with AI-guided backpacks and turning them into steerable scouts that can slip through cracks no drone or soldier could reach.

In the quiet corners of American homes, a silent health crisis unfolds nightly. While most homeowners view cockroaches as mere nuisances, mounting scientific evidence reveals these persistent invaders ...

CEO Stefan Wilhelm told CBS the choice of insect was deliberate. The Madagascar hissing cockroach is large enough to carry small payloads, resilient under extreme conditions, ...

Cyborg cockroaches could help with search and rescue missions in collapsed buildings, scientists found. Researchers from the University of Connecticut placed tiny neuro-controllers on cockroaches to ...

Megaloblatta belongs to a genus of exceptionally large cockroaches found across Central and South America. Known for their broad wings, impressive siz.

A woman was rushed to the hospital with a horrifying case of a cockroach stuck in her ear. It took nine days before doctors completely extracted the insect's carcass. Katie Holley wrote a blog ...

In another advance for CRISPR technology, researchers have devised a way to edit genes in insects, including cockroaches. The technique involves editing the genomes of female adults that are carrying ...

(CNN) — When 40-year-old Zane Wedding went swimming last week, he left with more than he bargained for — a cockroach, which burrowed inside his left ear and stayed there for three days. Wedding, who ...