SWARM Biotactics, a German company, is fitting cockroaches with tiny backpacks to enable the insects to be used for ...

CEO Stefan Wilhelm told CBS the choice of insect was deliberate. The Madagascar hissing cockroach is large enough to carry small payloads, resilient under extreme conditions, ...

A German start-up aims to give roaches backpacks that control their movements and gather intel so they can be recon soldiers.

German startup SWARM Biotactics is turning Madagascar hissing cockroaches into high-tech spies. By attaching 15-gram ...

11:50, Thu, Dec 11, 2025 Updated: 12:09, Thu, Dec 11, 2025 Labour has hit back against claims by London bus drivers that their vehicles were "infested" with cockroaches. Bus and roads minister Simon ...

Germany's defense ministry is now funding tests to see if hissing cockroaches from Madagascar can be used as reconnaissance drones on the battlefield. It sounds like something out of a futuristic ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

One of the most unusual practices is from the Mundari tribe, who use cow urine, which works as a natural antiseptic, insect ...

If you have never heard of the author, there’s a reason: as revealed at this year’s Bloody Scotland crime writing festival in September, Evelyn Clarke is the pseudonym for a collaborative project by ...