A German start-up aims to give roaches backpacks that control their movements and gather intel so they can be recon soldiers.

In a defense lab in Germany, a small startup is wiring live cockroaches with AI-guided backpacks and turning them into steerable scouts that can slip through cracks no drone or soldier could reach.

The Combat Roach Killing Bait contains eight mess-free and child-resistant bait stations that don’t require much work to activate—just place them around sinks, behind toilets, near appliances, and any ...

Using genetics to identify the origin and the global path of the ubiquitous insect pest, the German cockroach, back to its wild origin could help us develop more effective pesticides to control them.