In 1887, Australian Museum scientists undertook a pioneering expedition to Lord Howe Island, a tiny patch of land off the east coast of Australia. Among their many discoveries, they recorded “a large ...

Megaloblatta is a giant cockroach genus found in South and Central America. Scientists have been fascinated by these insects for than a century because of their incredible size, broad wings, and ...

Hendrik Helmer awoke a few nights ago to find that his ear canal had been invaded by a rather large insect. The Australian man first tried to suck it out with a vacuum cleaner, then to flush it out ...

Smokybrown cockroaches are often also called palmetto bugs and water bugs.