The origin of the cockroach: how a notorious pest conquered the world

From Nature, 20 May 2024: A ubiquitous household pest has unexpected origins. A cockroach that lives in human dwellings all over the world is known as the German cockroach — but it did not come from Germany originally. A study published today1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the creature Continue reading The origin of the cockroach: how a notorious pest conquered the world