(A) Maze channel design, (B) guiding electric stimulation, (C) punishing electric stimulation, and (D) punishing heat stimulation. The lower-right image is a thermal image of the maze surface. The ...

Researchers at University of Osaka have developed a bio-hybrid AI system that improves the control of cyborg cockroaches.

German cockroaches evolve quickly. Here’s how our baits have affected their sex lives. Humans have long used sugary bait in insecticides to attract and kill German cockroaches. But these household ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Evolution has saved roach reproduction from an earlier mutation that interfered with how males court females. By Bethany Brookshire Cockroaches are changing up their sex lives, and it’s all our fault.

Have you ever thought you’d be seeing a cyborg cockroach that runs on solar power and carries a backpack that looks like an electric circuit? A team of researchers at Japan’s RIKEN research institute ...