The Entomological Society of America updates its database and includes termites in the same category as cockroaches. Termites are now under the order Blattodea. Based on its February 15 update, the ...

Coby Schal is a professor of entomology at N.C. State. Here, he explains how roaches meet their demise. Questions and answers have been edited. Q. Why is it that most of the time when we come across a ...

A new species of cockroach was recently discovered and named after a Pokemon character with which it shares a striking resemblance. In the spirit of the slogan “Gotta Catch ‘Em All,” researchers set ...

Every morning, researcher Tom Jackson photographs the sunrise from Virginia Key, where he works at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Some mornings, as he walks out to the ...

Cockroaches are not only pervasive urban pests but also significant carriers of pathogenic microorganisms that contribute to nosocomial infections. Species such as Blattella germanica and Periplaneta ...