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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/disco...ckroaches_N.htm Fascinating!

Some insects such as cockroaches, grasshoppers, and crickets have only one type of sex chromosome: X. This means that male and female cockroaches have a different number of chromosomes. This is very different from most organisms, which have either X and Y sex chromosomes (most people are...

Here's a short article about cockroaches conceived in space by the russian space program! How cool is that!? http://en.rian.ru/science/20080117/97179313.html

Well, I'm seeing a slight "notch" on the underside of the last segment of the abdomen in the *exact* same place on several (if not all) males of my adult B. craniifers. It makes the underside of the last segment appear asymmetric, and if the underside of the male roach looked like the letter U...

Ok, so I switched my parrot onto a new healthier diet recommended by my vet. It's Harrison's bird food - High Potency diet, I use the coarse size. It's an organic, vegetarian, human grade food ingredient diet that has all sorts of good stuff in it, although there are NO preservatives so it's...

So would common molds developing on food or on substrate actually poison roaches, i.e. Aspergillus, Penicillin etc, or are they tough enough to handle any toxins produced? I know most everybody removes any signs of mold or tries to keep it from growing, but is it actually physically harmful to...

So, after seeing several pictures of B. craniifer, I've come up with a question that I hope someone can answer either definitively or through experience (I'm betting Orin has an answer for me!). I've noticed that the pronotum design varies from picture to picture, namely the shape of the...

Are isopods roly poly (pill, sow etc) bugs? I remember these large roly-poly bugs that were two or three times as big as the usual ones you see around commonly, they were light to medium grey, very glossy, had hard shells, rolled into perfect spheres, and had two or three yellow spots on just...

Hey there, I was just wondering if anyone has tried feeding their roaches spirulina (blue-green algae) or chlorella (green algae)? They both are extremely high in protein, balanced in fats, fiber, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, and amino acids. I've read different websites where people say...

Hey guys! I would like your thoughts to help streamline my plan. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the Zoomed under tank heaters? I was planning on my very first pet roach display tank being a 5.5 gallon (at least just to start out), with a Zoomed UTH that fits the 10-20...

I have Zupreem monkey biscuits around for my parrot, and I have been feeding it to my crickets, so I know they'll eat it...the protien content is 20%, 5% fat, 2.5% fiber...and loads of vitamins and minerals. Since it's meant for omnivores (primates) it has decent ingredients...would that...

Hi, my name's Chris. I recently was given a baby Woodhouse toad, Toady, and have had a Double Yellowheaded Amazon parrot, Panamamaru (his nickname after watching way too much Inuyasha), for about 12 years. I've been doing a lot of research on crickets (as feeders for Toady), and I am currently...