Cockroaches are most homeowners’ nightmares. This is because where one is seen, there are more that are hiding in the cracks and crevices of the home. Because they are such survivors, eradicating the ...

The ancestors of German cockroaches pestered people about 2,000 years ago far from Germany, a study found. Here’s how the critters achieved global domination.

Jose Pietri, the O. Wayne Rollins/Orkin Endowed Chair in Urban Entomology in the Department of Entomology, is studying German cockroaches (Blattella germanica) to explore how salmonella colonize a ...

But these cockroaches, the German cockroaches, are not cute. They're the ones that have adapted to live entirely alongside humans. - Globally, we don't know of any natural populations of the ...

U.S. consumers spend more than $1 billion each year to rid their homes of roaches and other pests, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. They barely make a dent in the cockroach ...

They confirmed that the German cockroach - a species found worldwide - actually originated in southeast Asia, likely evolving from the Asian cockroach around 2,100 years ago.