When a male cockroach wants to mate with a female cockroach very much, he will scoot his butt toward her, open his wings and offer her a homemade meal — sugars and fats squished out of his tergal ...

TOKYO—A new study offers a hint why American cockroaches are so hard to get rid of: Females can breed for years and multiply their numbers dozens of times alone, without ever mating with a male.

Female cockroaches are egg-cellent at sisterhood. A new study reveals that groups of the buggy little ladies can reproduce for years without a male, reports a Japanese study. The research, published ...

Prepare to hear your worst nightmare: cockroaches can multiply on their own for years without meeting a member of the opposite sex. For a few types of cockroaches, such as the American cockroach, or ...

Cockroaches are a very ancient group of insects. They have been around virtually unchanged in general appearance since the Carboniferous period, more than 300 million years ago. Technically speaking ...

Also identified as the water bug, the American cockroach is one of the most common pests infesting homes in the United States. Reddish-brown in color, this cockroach is large and fast, making it quite ...