In this photo taken on February 11, 2026, Cristian Lucanas, an entomologist from the University of the Philippines Los Banos, shows specimens of cockroaches inside a laboratory at 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

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

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks onstage during the "Stand Up for National Day of Action for Science" rally on the National Mall on March 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images for Stand Up For Science)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks onstage during the "Stand Up for National Day of Action for Science" rally on the National Mall on March 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images for Stand Up For Science)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Dr. Gretchen Goldman speaks onstage during the "Stand Up for National Day of Action for Science" rally on the National Mall on March 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images for Stand Up For Science)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Dr. Gretchen Goldman speaks onstage during the "Stand Up for National Day of Action for Science" rally on the National Mall on March 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images for Stand Up For Science)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Simon Rosenberg speaks onstage during the "Stand Up for National Day of Action for Science" rally on the National Mall on March 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images for Stand Up For Science)

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Simon Rosenberg speaks onstage during the "Stand Up for National Day of Action for Science" rally on the National Mall on March 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images for Stand Up For Science)