One common pest homeowners might encounter is the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), a fast and flying insect that can quickly and efficiently infest an area. Are American cockroaches hard to ...

Have you spied cockroaches in your home? Use these remedies and preventive measures to eliminate the creepy-crawlies once and ...

Even clean homes can attract cockroaches. Here’s how to keep all kinds of roaches away from your home and how to get rid of them if you see them.

The answer is a little more complex than you might think. Squashing a cockroach can have negative consequences, but not the one that you’re most scared of. “People worry that squashing a cockroach ...

North Carolina-based The Pest Informer wrote that they are using this paid study to test out new cockroach control treatments Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

A project currently on Kickstarter would give supporters the tools to remote-control a cockroach using their smartphones. Called RoboRoach, the project is billed as "the world's first commercially ...

Cockroaches may strike fear into the hearts of humans, but now you can control their movements — one roach at a time — with a smartphone app. A pair of University of Michigan alumni have built a ...

As autumn sets in, cockroach infestations intensify, yet the once-popular Soviet-era "mine-yellow" chalk, long considered ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...