(Erik Karits/Unsplash) Cockroaches tend to be thought of as the creatures that keep on living through anything, in part due ...

It’s easy to see why horizontal gene transfer would be common among microbes. They often live in complex communities that are ...

Most animals straightforwardly inherit their genetic material. DNA passes from parent to offspring, generation after ...

They're six-legged, hairy home invaders that just won't die, no matter how hard you try. Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors, hiding in kitchen pipes or musty drawers. But they didn't start ...

Using genetics to identify the origin and the global path of the ubiquitous insect pest, the German cockroach, back to its wild origin could help us develop more effective pesticides to control them.

The cockroach, reviled around the world for its sickness-causing potential and general creepiness, now occupies an important position in the study of amber fossils thanks to research by an Oregon ...

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, ...