The most common type of cockroach that you'll find in the United States is the German cockroach. Despite its name, these cockroaches are believed to have originated from either Asia or Africa.

The find, at the Makimuku ruins in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, caused a stir because it constitutes the world’s oldest known example of a German cockroach (Blattella germanica) and raises the ...

Several dead adult German cockroaches and nymphs were found under the prep table, while inspectors found more nymphs behind and under the front display cooler. The report did not specify exactly ...

In it, they wrote, “Beware of Amazon packages,” adding that “many warehouses are infested with” German roaches. Like Keez, they’re warning folks to think twice before bringing these ...

And the revelations are gut punches. German cockroaches evolved in India? Scientists sampled DNA from 281 German cockroaches from 17 countries across all six human-inhabited continents.

The German cockroach is one well-adapted bug. All our attempts to wipe it out is only making it stronger. It's evolved to avoid poison bait laced with glucose — something few living things do.