If it looks like a grasshopper, and jumps like a grasshopper, it might be a cockroach. Last year, Mike Picker from the University of Cape Town discovered a new species of cockroach (Saltoblattela ...

Either way, it could be your worst dream come true. Scientists in South Africa have discovered a new form of cockroach -- they named it Saltoblattella montistabularis-- that differs from all other ...

A recently discovered South African cockroach leaps through the air like a missile, traversing nearly 50 times its body length with every hop. Called a leaproach, the insect only infrequently scuttles ...

A recently discovered South African cockroach leaps through the air like a missile, traversing nearly 50 times its body length with every hop. Called a leaproach, the insect only infrequently scuttles ...

For those who jump at the sight of a cockroach, it may be rather difficult to stay clear of Saltoblatella montistabularis, a newly discovered cockroach. Called a leaproach, it has a talent that none ...

Scientists in South Africa have discovered a "leaproach," which is essentially a cockroach that can JUMP "on par with grasshoppers." As in, jump out of your dreams and into your kitchen. Or sheets. Or ...

Worse, the 7cm to 9cm-long leaproach, Saltoblattella montistabularis, can jump nearly 19cm high in a single bound, according to University of Cape Town zoologist Mike Picker and his South African and ...

South African scientists have discovered a new breed of cockroaches that hop through the air. Unlike other roaches that scuttle from place to place, these so-called leaproaches jump like grasshoppers.