SWARM Biotactics, a German company, is fitting cockroaches with tiny backpacks to enable the insects to be used for ...

A new study probes the origins of the German cockroach. (Courtesy Dr. Matt Bertone and Dr. Coby Schal) They’re the roommates no one wants, and no one wants to see them scurrying across the kitchen ...

The German cockroach is the most widespread cockroach species in the world. But despite its name, it can be found on every continent except Antarctica. QIAN TANG: Yet nobody knows where they come from ...

It’s likely the urban pest first emerged from its native lands about 1,200 years ago. As global trade accelerated, the hitchhikers made their way more rapidly around the world German cockroaches ...

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It turns out a common cockroach found across the globe is a pest of our own making. In a study recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Texas A&M AgriLife researchers ...

The German cockroach evolved to live only in human environments. This means it's very good at adapting to pest control methods — even if it means changing its mating rituals. And now we turn to ...

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And now we turn to cockroaches, specifically the German cockroach, which has evolved to live only in human environments. So it has had to adapt time and again to every weapon we've thrown its way, ...