Learn how tight clustering helps Madagascar’s hissing cockroaches conserve water during dry spells, offering new insight into ...

When conditions get too dry, Madagascar hissing cockroaches like to "cuddle." Under certain conditions, the large insects gather in groups, with many participants in physical contact with one another.

Madagascar hissing cockroaches and some of their relatives can produce an audible hissing noise that almost sounds like a cat hissing. They can hiss for a number of reasons. First and foremost, if you ...

Among the easiest of these insects were the hissing roaches; they reproduced quickly, lived long and would not mind being perched on one's hand. In the wild, these large, polished brown and black bugs ...

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It's that time of the year. Zoos around the country are gearing up to help lovers "honor" exes who did them dirty this Valentine's Day. The Fort Worth Zoo in Texas for example, is holding a special ...