The insects are estimated to be worth up to $141,000, according to Australia's Department of Climate Change, Energy, ...

Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country's ...

In early June, Australian officials announced the seizure of 100,000 live exotic cockroaches. The cockroaches are worth an ...

Officials are warning others in the exotic insect trade that prosecutions are coming ...

How a New South Wales breeder ended up at the center of a $140K roach bust tied to reptile food and Australia's strict ...

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 ...

Cockroaches tend to unsettle people for obvious reasons, though their biology is often stranger than their appearance. One detail that repeatedly surprises people is the colour of their blood. Unlike ...

The haul of live insects included dubia cockroaches and Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Authorities said it was the country's ...

The aforementioned helmets feature small ultraviolet (UV) lights made for cockroaches. Powered by a backpack with wireless sensors that detect when the cockroach stops moving, the helmets' UV lights ...

Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.