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

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, ...

Germany's defense ministry is now funding tests to see if hissing cockroaches from Madagascar can be used as reconnaissance drones on the battlefield. It sounds like something out of a futuristic ...

On a dry day in Madagascar, hissing cockroaches do something unexpectedly sweet: they huddle together in slow-moving bundles of roach cuddles. A new study in Ethology shows these clusters aren't ...

Learn how tight clustering helps Madagascar’s hissing cockroaches conserve water during dry spells, offering new insight into how even large insects cope with environmental stress. On a dry day in ...

Some cockroaches like to cuddle. You’re just going to have to trust Kathleen Walker about that. The University of Arizona entomologist and educator has been working with giant Madagascar hissing ...