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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many a mother has said, with a sigh, "If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump too?" The answer, for cockroaches at least, may well be yes. Researchers using robotic roaches were able to ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

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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 ...