A cockroach species is one of the only insects in the world that shares some notable traits with humans: Like humans, beetle mimic cockroaches give live birth to their young, and they also seem to ...

A Russian Cockroach named Hope gave birth to 33 baby cockroaches who were conceived during her 12 day space trip on the Foton-M bio-satellite, September 14-26, 2007. The cockroach gestation period ...

Cockroaches have been around for almost 300 million years – surviving the dinosaurs and barely changing shape. The smelly critters have been known to infect ...

Cockroach milk is a nutrient packed substance produced by the Pacific beetle cockroach, the only known cockroach species that ...

Researchers sequenced the genome of the Pacific beetle-mimic cockroach, the only roach that gives birth to live young. They performed comparative analysis with tsetse flies and aphids, ...

The German cockroach evolved to live only in human environments. This roach is very good at adapting to pest control methods — even if it means changing its mating rituals.

Female cockroaches are also one of the few insects that give birth to live young. Males have large horns behind their heads as well, with hairy antennae.