In forest ecosystems, cockroaches are known as important decomposers that consume dead and decaying plants. Quite unexpectedly, however, researchers have found that they also provide seed ...

Aug. 3 (UPI) --Like birds and mammals, cockroaches spread seeds, too. The insects are mostly known for their role as decomposers, helping to break down decaying matter on the forest floor.

The brown-hooded cockroach (Cryptocercus punctulatus) is a wild forest dweller from North America, where separate populations exist in the Appalachians and the Pacific Northwest. It’s the only ...

Most cockroaches are outdoor bugs that eat decaying plant material and other debris. “You might think of them as little garbage collectors outside when they’re neatening the forest and keeping ...

Madagascar hissing cockroaches are not pests and do not inhabit human dwellings. These insects live on forest floors, where they hide amidst leaf litter, logs, and other detritus. At night ...

Mr Garwood adds: "We now think this ancient ancestor of the cockroach spent most of the day on the forest floor, living in and eating lots of rotting plant and insect matter, which was probably ...

part of a lava-tube cave system running a few metres below the soil surface under a forest in southern Vietnam. Rather than feeding on bat guano like many other cave cockroaches, the new species ...

“I walk into the Okinawan forest and search for rotten logs,” she said. “The cockroaches live in tunnels in rotten wood, so I destroy the wood with a hatchet and pick them up.” She packs ...

SINGAPORE - A new cockroach species has been found in a forested nature reserve in Singapore. Named after Pheromosa, a cockroach-like Pokemon that appears in the seventh generation of the video ...