A German start-up aims to give roaches backpacks that control their movements and gather intel so they can be recon soldiers.

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.

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, ...

A new study found that a species of cockroaches are evolving so quickly that they could soon be impossible to kill with pesticides. The study from entomologists at Purdue University found German ...

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The German cockroach evolved to live only in human environments. This means it's very good at adapting to pest control methods — even if it means changing its mating rituals. And now we turn to ...

A German cockroach feeds on an insecticide in the laboratory portion of a Purdue University study. John Obermeyer/Purdue Entomology Cockroaches are quickly evolving to be resistant to pesticides and ...

Can you ever love a roach? The crucial role roaches play in ecosystems may surprise you! You need roaches in your life. No, not the few pest species you might recognize scurrying on the floor, but ...

Well, this is just fabulous news, if you are a cockroach. A study published in Scientific Reports demonstrated how a common species of cockroach, the German cockroach otherwise known affectionately as ...

Despite the number of insecticides, roach traps, roach sprays, and roach baits on the market today, getting rid of an established cockroach colony is never easy. For every cockroach that forages for ...

There are thousands of cockroach species, but only a few are common in the U.S. Bug experts say they dwell in sewers, kitchen garbage bins and decaying areas. They can contaminate food prep areas due ...