Roaches that have been hard to trap may be a variety that find sugar doesn't taste quite so sweet as bait anymore, a study suggests. Most cockroach baits cover poison in a layer of glucose, a sugar.

This article explains how to get rid of a heavy roach infestation effectively and prevent it from coming back.

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NEW YORK -- For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A ...

Squashing cockroaches, a common instinct, can inadvertently worsen infestations and spread harmful bacteria. Their crushed bodies release fluids carrying pathogens like E. coli and salmonella, ...

The German cockroach evolved to live only in human environments. This roach is very good at adapting to pest control methods — even if it means... These cockroaches tweaked their mating rituals after ...