Like 99 percent of all cockroach species, Madagascar hissing cockroaches are not pests and do not inhabit human dwellings. These insects live on forest floors, where they hide amidst leaf litter ...

The zoo said the original Name-a-Roach event was launched in 2011, and “thousands of hopeless romantics from around the world have named the zoo’s Madagascar hissing cockroaches after friends ...

The Madagascar hissing cockroach is not to be confused with your commonplace house roach. Measuring 2 to 3 inches long, this giant bug has no wings and prefers a strictly vegetarian diet of fresh ...

Hissing roaches are fairly large, measuring 2 to 3 inches, and they don’t have wings like their smaller cousins. “Hissing cockroaches live in colonies and can be found nesting in dead tree ...

ENCINITAS — Get up close to live insects, lizards and snakes, including the “Madagascar hissing cockroaches” and learn their secrets of survival at the San Diego Botanic Garden’s Insect ...

Yet the Madagascar hissing cockroach has parlayed its qualities into a surprising degree of popularity. We've all seen one at a zoo, in a pet store or on Jack Hanna's shirt during countless TV ...