Hissing cockroaches have specially modified spiracles. If they expel air from them quickly, it produces the hissing noise. It would be like if you took a soda straw and blew through it really quickly.

The room was hot, humid, and smelled faintly of roach, because, well, there were lots of roaches there. Some were familiar, like the cocktail-sausage shaped Madagascar hissing cockroaches, and others ...

Some cockroaches like to cuddle. You’re just going to have to trust Kathleen Walker about that. The University of Arizona entomologist and educator has been working with giant Madagascar hissing ...

Make a $15 donation to the Bronx Zoo's Name a Roach fundraiser and the zoo will name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after an ex. Donors receive a digital certificate to honor their not-so-loved one.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Brookfield Zoo Chicago is offering the chance to name one of their hissing cockroaches after your ex this Valentine's Day. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch ...

Madagascar hissing cockroaches and some of their relatives can produce an audible hissing noise that almost sounds like a cat hissing. They can hiss for a number of reasons. First and foremost, if ...

Cockroaches shed their skin as part of their growth process. With Harvey sequestered, Butterfly House scientists might be able to collect his DNA the next time he molts – if he molts. Once a cockroach ...

Lamann said if Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches were going to overrun Kenner, “it would have already happened.” “I think these people caught an escaped pet,” Lemann said. That’s all.