The German cockroach is an indoor pest that is found across the world. Science has finally solved the mystery of its origin. The cockroach, contrary to popular belief, isn’t one species. There are ...

Now a commonly detested sight in urban homes, German cockroaches (Blattella germanica) appeared in Europe in the 1760s before scuttling across the world between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to figure out where cockroaches came from, the mystery being that they do not exist in nature. Today we know the answer; we created them in our own image and ...