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, ...

German startup SWARM Biotactics is turning Madagascar hissing cockroaches into high-tech spies. By attaching 15-gram ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Megaloblatta falls under the kingdom Animalia and phylum Arthropoda. It is further placed under class Insecta and order Blattodea, which encompasses all cockroaches. Within this order, it falls under ...

DreamWorks Animation’s talking-animal movie classic, Madagascar, is coming back to theaters to celebrate its 20th anniversary next month. The company behind Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and more animated ...

Roaches are significant health hazards, transmitting diseases like salmonellosis, gastroenteritis, E. coli, and staphylococcus infections. They also trigger allergies and asthma through airborne ...

Madagascar hosts wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. From lemurs to chameleons, these endemic animals reveal how isolation shaped evolution while habitat loss threatens their survival.