In China, the cockroach is often called “xiao qiang,” meaning “little mighty,” said Sheng Li, an entomology professor at South China Normal University in Guangzhou and lead author of the ...

Cockroaches have been a part of the animal kingdom, even before dinosaurs roamed around earth. These tiny pests are not only ...

Researchers set up a little cockroach nursery to find out, and discovered that "gregarious cockroaches" called Blattella germanica acted strangely when raised in isolation.

The first two strategies flopped like the 2011 Green Lantern movie. The German cockroach populations became resistant to the insecticides within months. In fact, testing revealed that the roach ...