In this photo taken on February 18, 2026, Cristian Lucanas, an entomologist from the University of the Philippines Los Banos, looks for cockroach among fallen leaves at the tropical rainforest floor inside the campus of the University of the Philippines in Los Banos town, south of Manila. 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. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Philippines-environment-science-cockroach, FOCUS by Cecil MORELLA