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 ...

One of the last things home and business owners want to deal with is a pest infestation — and among pests, cockroaches might be the most ruthless. They have evolved to survive numerous individual and ...

Human attempts to kill cockroaches with sugary poison have had an unintended consequence: It has cramped the bugs' sex lives. But now, some roaches appear to have tweaked the recipe for the sweet ...

A DNA sequencing study found that the German cockroach originated in East India and Bangladesh. German cockroaches, one of the most frequent urban pests, are not present in the wild. The researchers ...

Unsightly roaches scurrying across the kitchen floor is not something restaurant operators want — or worse, to have a customer spot one crawling around the dining room. “German cockroaches are ...

Shasta County's cockroach population exploded over the past five years, according to pest control and animal experts. That's because a newer species of prolific cockroach moved into the North State, ...

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, ...