Cockroaches have been around for almost 300 million years – surviving the dinosaurs and barely changing shape. The smelly critters have been known to infect our food and are considered a pest – but ...

Parthenogenesis is a strategy employed by females to reproduce asexually when they find no mating partners available, and is seen in a wide variety of animals, including arthropods, fish, amphibians ...

Female American cockroaches (the big ones that people like to euphemize as “waterbugs”) can reproduce without males, according to a study out of Japan’s Hokkaido University. The study also revealed ...

TOKYO—A new study offers a hint why American cockroaches are so hard to get rid of: Females can breed for years and multiply their numbers dozens of times alone, without ever mating with a male.

Scientists have discovered why cockroaches love filthy conditions and what makes them so hard to kill — and apparently, it’s all in their DNA. Researchers say they have identified specific genes which ...

Asexual reproduction is promoted when female cockroaches are housed as a group, not alone, enabling them to maintain a colony for at least three years without a male's contribution. Parthenogenesis is ...