The massively biodiverse Philippines has about 130 known species of cockroach, three-fourths of which are found nowhere else on earth It is not true, for instance, that cockroaches will inherit the ...
Cristian Lucañas was an undergraduate student on a university field trip when he entered limestone caves in Burdeos on Polillo Island, east of the Philippine mainland. He had initially hoped to study ...
Cristian Lucañas has discovered multiple species of cockroach in the Philippines, and believes there’s far more to the much-maligned insect than meets the eye When Cristian Lucañas tells people about ...
A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas's headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush before gently scooping up a cockroach with his bare hands. As ...
The Guardian reported that the Philippines now has at least 130 known cockroach species, with more likely to be discovered. In 2019, two cave-dwelling species, the Antipolo blind cave cockroach and ...
Entomologist Cristian Lucañas, who says cockroaches are misunderstood, with some of his specimens at the University of the Philippines Los Banos, south of Manila.Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty ...
Cecil MORELLA AFP Mar 7, 2026 Mar 7, 2026 Updated Mar 8, 2026 A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas's headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush ...
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