German cockroaches are developing cross-resistance to insecticides. A common cockroach species is becoming essentially immune to pesticides, researchers said. A new study by researchers at Purdue ...

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 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 ...

Scientists have identified the "come hither" scent that female German cockroaches use to lure males, a discovery that may help control one of the world's most troublesome and resistant household pests ...

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To figure out how cockroaches got there and spread to other parts of the world, first study author Dr. Qian Tang and his collaborators asked scientists and pest control experts around the globe for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News via AP Cockroaches are being born impervious to bug sprays and it’s happening fast. A Purdue University study found ...

A German cockroach feeds on an insecticide in the laboratory portion of a Purdue University study. John Obermeyer/Purdue Entomology Cockroaches are quickly evolving to be resistant to pesticides and ...

CEO Stefan Wilhelm told CBS the choice of insect was deliberate. The Madagascar hissing cockroach is large enough to carry small payloads, resilient under extreme conditions, ...

As if cockroaches weren't already hard enough to get rid of, a new study from Purdue University suggests the German cockroach – the most common in the world – is quickly evolving to resist ...

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, ...