Megaloblatta longipennis is the rainforest giant cockroach that amazes scientists with its size, wingspan and survival skills.

The Mississippi Gulf Coast is about to have a new claim to fame. A giant cockroach fishing reef. We’re talking a world record-sized cockroach. Go ahead and laugh. Everybody else did when Greg Cenac ...

In the world of roaches, the giant burrowing cockroach is the big kid on the block. The 3-inch length is no record-setter, but the girth sets this bug apart–it's the world's heaviest cockroach. These ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A very brief look at a very big roach. Includes an explanation of this insect’s role in its rainforest ecosystem. smithsonian education teachers ...

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches hail from a big island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. They hiss to scare off enemies, though the Goldsteins’ roach must have perceived that it was among ...

Adam and Veronica Goldstein’s reaction was not at all what you would have expected. Back on Aug. 12, the Kenner couple was cleaning up some building materials and debris, way in the back of the yard ...

You know the joke about how cockroaches will survive long after the rest of us are dead? Diamonds are forever, but so are roaches, and the latter makes a much cheaper gift when it comes to Valentine's ...