Anil Oza, STAT’s Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow, used to research and teach neurophysiology to college students using snails and crayfish. Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT ...

BOSTON - NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had ...

What if the creepiest critter in your house could teach your kids a lesson about love, loyalty and the scientific method? A new study reveals that a species of wood-eating cockroach may form lifelong ...

Earth boasts some 4,600 species of cockroach, but perhaps none is as widespread as the German cockroach (Blattella germanica), which is today found anywhere humans permanently inhabit. But despite its ...

A swarm of insects could one day be the most reassuring sight imaginable to someone trapped in a collapsed building. That’s because researchers at N.C. State are developing technology that equips ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Aliza Chasan ...

This Valentine’s Day, more than 2,000 hopeless romantics will gift their loved one an unforgettable memory—featuring one of the largest species of cockroach in the animal kingdom. How sweet! Since ...

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A German startup is engineering cyborg insects for defense purposes—but this isn’t the first time scientists have mounted cameras on creepy crawlies. Researchers control the insects by sending ...

Fair warning: If creepy-crawly things turn your stomach, don't read this at the breakfast table. Especially, if you are eating Froot Loops. Guess what else follows its nose and always knows the fruity ...