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 ...

World’s Largest Cockroach: Megaloblatta longipennis, a true marvel of the tropical rainforests of South and Central America, holds the record as the world’s largest winged cockroach. Scientists have ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

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 ...

Every winter, as cold air moves in, we start to see more and more problems with insects in the home. Ants, spiders, millipedes and others look for a warm place to spend the winter. Cockroaches are one ...