The sex pheromone of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, is an effective attractant for luring male cockroaches into pheromone-impregnated traps ...

It is commonly assumed that because males produce many, tiny sperm, they are cheap to produce. Recent work, however, suggests that sperm production is not cost-free. If sperm are costly to produce, ...

Is Paramount covering up the fact that Splinter is gay in the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie? That’s certainly the conspiracy theory flying across the internet. In the film, a romance blossoms ...

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A new study from North Carolina State University shows the behavioral mechanism behind a sweet cockroach mating ritual that takes a bitter turn, resulting in rejected males. Male German cockroaches ...

It’s not the look in her compound eyes or the shape of her carapace that really attracts the male cockroach to his mate. Instead, it’s all those 29-carbon hydrocarbons in her cuticle that drive him ...

How does a cockroach's aversion to sugar turn into an aversion to mating? Researchers discover the mechanism behind this behavior. A new study from North Carolina State University shows the behavioral ...

When a male cockroach wants to mate with a female cockroach very much, he will scoot his butt toward her, open his wings and offer her a homemade meal — sugars and fats squished out of his tergal ...

Human attempts to kill cockroaches with sugary poison have had an unintended consequence: It has cramped the bugs' sex lives. But now, some roaches appear to have tweaked the recipe for the sweet ...

Human attempts to kill cockroaches with sugary poison have had an unintended consequence: It has cramped the bugs’ sex lives. But now, some roaches appear to have tweaked the recipe for the sweet ...