Even so, Lucanas keeps a can of bug spray handy at work, ready to kill any live cockroaches that might view the museum's 250,000 preserved insect species as a potential snack. Lucanas's obsession ...

Seeing a cockroach dart across the floor in the middle of the night can set off a reflex in almost anyone. In Kumamoto's Chuo Ward, a 54-year-old man followed the same instinct most of us have in that ...