Cockroaches are incredible survivors due to their physical and behavioral adaptations. About 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Earth.

How cockroaches came to rule the world. A team of scientists has found that, without humans, the most pervasive species of cockroach probably wouldn’t exist.

She works on cockroach management projects across the U.S. and often finds 700 cockroaches in traps left in ... “Then you can reconstruct the path of adaptation,” Dr. Bornberg-Bauer ...

But scientists aren’t sure how these two skills evolved—and understanding the history of the cockroach may shed light on these adaptations and perhaps even on ways to counteract them, Tang says.

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 changing its mating rituals.

The ancestors of German cockroaches pestered people about 2,000 years ago far from Germany, a study found. Here’s how the critters achieved global domination.

Cockroaches’ aversion to sweetness came with costs. Meats, nuts, and super-complex starchy foods, such as beans, ... Males have conjured up at least two adaptations to match.

A large wingless wood-eating cockroach, unique to Australia's Lord Howe Island and thought extinct since the 1930s, has been rediscovered by a University of Sydney biology student.