"Name a Roach" allows customers to adopt and name a Madagascar hissing cockroach, transforming a frightful insect into an inspiring motif of love.

The Name a Roach program has made more than $1 million for the city’s zoos in its 15 years of existence, with more than 60,000 roaches named.

Valentine’s Day is all about love… but let’s be honest, not every story has a fairy-tale ending. Whether you’re celebrating a sweetheart or having a little fun with a not-so-fond memory, Zoo Knoxville ...

Some of the most photographed animals carry venom, crushing force, disease risk, or defensive reactions that escalate in seconds when stress appears. Across coasts, forests, wetlands, and city-edge ...

If you’re looking for a unique way to celebrate — or survive — Valentine’s Day, Sunset Zoo is offering a humorous outlet with a serious purpose through its annual Love ...

Valentine’s Day gets a wild twist at Zoo Knoxville with their Hiss and Tell Valentine’s Event, and yes, it’s exactly as fun as it sounds. Our Noemy Sanchez stopped by to ...

Singles are lighting candles for cord-cutting rituals, burning papers with exes’ names, soaking in spiritual baths to cleanse ...

From naming a cockroach after your ex to trading in their old hoodie, discover unique and cathartic ways to cope with a ...

Megan Thee Stallion earned her first solo No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Hiss,” the second single of her upcoming album. Though she didn’t insult anyone by name on the track, many of her ...

Source: Francis C. Franklin, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. In what’s referred to as Batesian mimicry, harmless species can protect themselves from predators by ...

When conditions get too dry, Madagascar hissing cockroaches like to "cuddle". Under certain conditions, the large insects gather in groups, with many participants in physical contact with one another.

Like other animals, cats communicate with their body language and with sounds. Hissing is a normal way that cats can express fear or displeasure. Pennsylvania SPCA animal advocate Carol Erickson ...