Dear Heloise: Your readers with cockroach challenges should research the use of bay leaves as a roach repellant. Additionally ...

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.

There's an old joke that the only two things that will survive a nuclear war are cockroaches and Cher, but the former is not unstoppable, even using natural methods. Instead of calling in the big ...

Did you know chrysanthemum flowers produce a natural chemical that has strong repellent powers against cockroaches? It’s called pyrethrum, a common active ingredient that’s used — in its ...

But modern cockroaches have existed since the late Jurassic period. They are famous for their ability to survive natural disasters and mass extinction events that wipe out many other animals and ...

“It’s a creation of human-made environments.” The cockroach is a testament to the adaptability of nature, even to the most unnatural environments and in the face of hostile human roommates ...

Cockroaches are fascinating to watch ... if we just put aside those assumptions and try something new. Audubon Community Nature Center builds and nurtures connections between people and nature. ACNC ...

Nocturnal by nature, cockroaches are found worldwide, pest experts say. They thrive in warm, wet conditions, breed like bananas and are often associated with human living spaces, according to ...

Cockroaches have become nearly impossible to kill with chemicals, study finds Vargo says the findings also show that humans aren't as separated from the natural world as we like to think. " ...

"Cockroaches are more than just pests," says Jessica Ware, an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History who wasn't involved in the research. "This is a beautiful evolutionary ecology ...

Tenley Fistick, 10, holds a hissing cockroach at the Churchville Nature Center’s Arthropalooza event. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) A volunteer explained how to identify a Northern Black Widow spider at the ...