Cockroaches are often referred to as pests: a destructive insect or animal that disrupts both our homes and society. Their abilities to spread disease, cause allergic reactions and just be a pretty ...

DALLAS (AP) — They’re six-legged, hairy home invaders that just won’t die, no matter how hard you try. Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors, hiding in kitchen pipes or musty drawers. But they ...

Officials say the seized insects were likely destined for the pet trade, especially as reptile food.

Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country's largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates.

Smokybrown cockroaches are often also called palmetto bugs and water bugs.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — More than 100,000 live cockroaches, illegal to keep in Australia, were confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates, ...

“Just somebody crossing the road. Wrong place, wrong time, sort of thing,” a state trooper said.