Tag: simandoaconserfariam

  • Cockroaches & Comics – An Interview with Maddy Ruth

    Earlier this year, I received an email inquiring about my story on Simandoa conserfariam, the extinct in the wild roach. The sender was Maddy Ruth, a multimedia artist working on a comic book. We exchanged a few emails about my sources and whether or not the cave S. conserfariam was found in still existed, and…

    Multimedia artist Maddy Ruth with a slug
  • The ongoing mystery of the Extinct in the Wild Roach

    Easy to care for, prolific, and pleasingly colored, the Extinct in the Wild Roach’s popularity with hobbyists belies a darker fate in the wild. But is it actually gone?