Los Baños, Philippines, March 8, 2026 (AFP) - Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs

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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 Southeast Asian country's lone expert on the oft-misunderstood insect -- and discoverer of 15 species -- friends have dubbed the soft-spoken scientist "Ipis Lord", after the local name for the ubiquitous bug. While fully aware most view cockroache......

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