This cockroach crawls after 49 million year break

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 09:17

That a species of cockroach found only in text books has made an appearance after a 49-million-year hiatus can actually make the skin of the strongest man crawl!

US company defends mobile phone `cockroach backpack` app

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 19:30

A US-based company has defended itself against cruelty claims over their device called "electronic backpack" which controls the movements of cockroaches.

BJP calls Khurshid `cockroach` after his `Narendra Modi a frog` remark

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 09:29

The Bharatiya Janata Party hit back at External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for his `frog` jibe at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Roaches evolving to avoid sugary baits

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 22:18

Cockroach loses its sweet tooth! A strain of cockroaches have outsmarted human efforts to kill them by evolving taste buds that make sweet insecticide baits taste bitter, scientists have found.

Top 10 newly discovered species revealed

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 11:43

A global committee of taxonomists - scientists responsible for species exploration and classification - has announced a list of top 10 new species discovered in 2012.

Three new cockroach species discovered in China

Last Updated: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 13:10

Scientists have discovered three new species of giant cockroach - that can reach up to 3 cm in length - in China.

300m-year-old `ancestor of the cockroaches` recreated

Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 18:16

Scientists have recreated 305 million-year-old insects which they claim were early ancestors of the cockroach.

Cockroaches implanted with electronics for rescue missions

Last Updated: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 14:45

North Carolina State University researchers have found a way to control a cockroach for rescue efforts.

Indian restaurant fined for cockroach infestation in Oz

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 13:07

An Indian takeaway restaurant in Sydney has been slapped with a fine of over 97,000 Australian dollar.

800 flying cockroaches made Esha Gupta run naked in ‘Raaz 3’!

Last Updated: Friday, August 31, 2012, 20:51

Esha Gupta is only a year old in Bollywood but the ex-Miss India turned actress has put a daring act in her upcoming movie ‘Raaz 3’ which hits the screens on September 7.

Cockroach essential to earth`s delicate ecosystem

Last Updated: Monday, June 25, 2012, 09:26

People need to stop stamping on cockroaches, as one of the most despised of all insects is essential to our planet for converting nitrogen into fertiliser, experts have said.

Heathcliffe: World`s Heaviest Insect

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2009, 20:49

Heathcliffe, a giant burrowing cockroach, could be the world’s heaviest insect. The cockroach, 85mm in length and 40mm in width, gives birth to live young ones, unlike other members of its family who lay eggs.