It’s not every cockroach’s fate to get lovingly pet and cooed over. On Thursday afternoon at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), ...

I decided to do a video about my very favorite species of Cockroach, the Madagascan Hissing Cockroach. Although they look large and imposing, they are exceptionally gentle when being handled, and ...

Madagascar hissing cockroaches and some of their relatives can produce an audible hissing noise that almost sounds like a cat hissing. They can hiss for a number of reasons. First and foremost, if ...

3. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (image credits: unsplash) If you’re open to something a bit unconventional, Madagascar hissing cockroaches are shockingly easy pets. They don’t bite, don’t smell, and ...

5. Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches (image credits: unsplash) Madagascar hissing cockroaches might sound intimidating, but they’re among the easiest pets to care for. They need a small, secure habitat ...

Some cockroaches like to cuddle. You’re just going to have to trust Kathleen Walker about that. The University of Arizona entomologist and educator has been working with giant Madagascar hissing ...

The object will give them something to do as opposed to literally climbing the walls of their enclosure. Cost: You can grab something out of the yard or at the pet store where the ... What Is a Good ...

Make a $15 donation to the Bronx Zoo's Name a Roach fundraiser and the zoo will name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after an ex. Donors receive a digital certificate to honor their not-so-loved one.

As for the new hissing cockroaches, the game farm will be bringing them out at various times during the day. “The kids are willing to hold them, but the dads are like, ‘Heck no,’” says Novak.