Workers in Australia's pet industry say the demand for insects as pets has risen in the past five years because of more cramped living -- and so has the number of people befriending cockroaches, with the biggest of the species native to Australia.

The heaviest cockroach in the world, Australia’s giant burrowing cockroach has a lot of character: it gives birth to live young, hisses and builds intricate nests. While the giant burrowing cockroach is only the second largest cockroach in the world, it ...

This cute beagle puppy is minding her own business on the couch when she is approached by two remote control cockroaches. The puppy immediately pounces, and it's puppy playtime, as the cute beagle tosses the crazy little insects up in the air, as they are ...

It has been more than two decades since the Field Museum presented a special exhibition specifically on bugs. It’s not that the natural history institution is, like certain museum correspondents I might mention, squeamish. Far from it, as all the giant ...

The patient is submerged in an ice bath as an anesthetic for its impending surgery. When sufficient numbness is achieved, University of Queensland student Lachlan Fitzgerald begins the procedure, carefully attaching a tiny circuit board to its back to ...

Hey, so everybody’s all atwitter about the poor guy who died in a cockroach-eating contest in South Florida. All so he could win a free python. We hear you can practically catch those things in the wild these days, which makes his story particularly ...