An unusual, yet effective form of intimidation was witnessed at a restaurant in Taiwan earlier this week.
Her nightmarish experience began when the inquisitive insect crawled in to her ear while she was asleep in bed.
New research suggests that cockroaches produce milk that is three times more nutritious than cow's milk.
The humble cockroach is able to bite something with a force 50 times greater than its own body weight.
The miniature surveillance robot looks just like a cockroach and can be used to spy on enemy activities.
A 100 million-year-old predatory cockroach has been found perfectly preserved in a piece of amber.
Neuroscientists have come under fire over the ethics of their new remote control cockroach kits.
Semi-robotic insects that can be controlled with a mobile phone are being developed by researchers.
Cockroaches may be evolving the ability to avoid common traps by developing an aversion to sugar.
Edward Archbold collapsed and died after scoffing dozens of live insects as part of the event.
Cyborg cockroaches that can be remote controlled may be the future for locating earthquake survivors.