Though we know them to be dirty insects, cockroaches are actually incredible self-groomers. In fact, their grooming behavior ...

Image courtesy of Barnaby Chambers / shutterstock Insects constantly clean their antennae, even when they appear to be clean. A group of researchers decided that the phenomenon warranted a closer look ...

A cockroach diligently cleans his antenna. Photo by Ayako Wada-Katsumata When encountering a two-inch American cockroach, most people quickly skedaddle the other way or raise a foot to stomp the ...

Insect grooming -- specifically, antennal cleaning -- removes both environmental pollutants and chemicals produced by the insects themselves while keeping olfactory senses sharp. Like a self-absorbed ...

Female cockroaches that get "touched" -- by other female cockroaches and, under certain conditions, even by duck feathers that mimic roach antennae -- reproduce faster than female roaches that live in ...

To speed up reproduction, there's no substitute for the tender touch of a live cockroach. That's the major takeaway from a North Carolina State University study examining whether artificial antennae – ...