This insect looks—and sounds—like anything but a run-of-the-mill roach. Madagascar hissing cockroaches are one of many fascinating animal species to hail from the island of Madagascar.

(WTWO/WAWV)— The Terre Haute Children’s Museum is holding a special type of fundraiser for Valentine’s Day this year, naming a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. The Terre Haute Children’s ...

Go ahead and name a cockroach after them. Brookfield Zoo Chicago is once again offering the opportunity to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after anyone — perhaps an ex-significant other ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Brookfield Zoo Chicago is offering the chance to name one of their hissing cockroaches after your ex this Valentine's Day. For a $15 donation, you can name one of the ...

Hissing cockroaches, or hissers, are ground-dwellers, meaning they don’t have wings and therefore don’t fly. They have short antennae and six short, hairy legs.

The scientists, primarily from the Riken research institute, said a Madagascar hissing cockroach fitted with a ultrathin solar cell and a Bluetooth short-range wireless communication unit turned ...