A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches' spread across the globe, from humble beginnings ... likely evolving from the Asian cockroach around 2,100 years ago. Scientists have long suspected ...

Oriental cockroaches and American cockroaches are both widely known as household pests around the world. They have a similar ...

But despite its name, the cockroach was a newcomer to Germany ... the origins of the common pest species as well as its spread around the globe. Its geographical ascendancy seems to boil down ...

The world’s most widespread type of cockroach — a tiny ... which probably allowed the insect to spread around the continent by hitchhiking with soldiers. Europeans named the new bug after ...

The widespread species is the world’s most prevalent cockroach ... bugs to expand their territory. Later, around 390 years ago, the cockroaches spread east, likely due to European colonial ...

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Their abilities to spread disease, cause allergic reactions ... Out of the 4,000 species of cockroaches around the world, only 30 of them wish to live alongside you. The rest, fortunately, would ...

Genetic research suggests that although the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) spread around the world from a population in Europe, its origins were actually in South Asia. By comparing ...

Besides being pests, cockroaches can be dangerous because they carry diseases. Cockroaches can carry 30 species of bacteria and have also been suspected of carrying microorganisms, according to ...