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Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Aliza Chasan ...

Megaloblatta falls under the kingdom Animalia and phylum Arthropoda. It is further placed under class Insecta and order Blattodea, which encompasses all cockroaches. Within this order, it falls under ...

2025 has been a year of frustration for Lamont Roach in the boxing ring. Twice, he — and many others — felt that he deserved the nod over his opponent in 12-round fights, and both times he was denied ...

The scientific name of the largest cockroach is Blaberus giganteus. Blaberus giganteus can grow up to 4 inches long. This cockroach species is native to Central and South America. The scientific name ...

Roaches are significant health hazards, transmitting diseases like salmonellosis, gastroenteritis, E. coli, and staphylococcus infections. They also trigger allergies and asthma through airborne ...

Sulfur caves are among the most extreme habitats on Earth. They are completely dark and filled with hydrogen sulfide gas, which is toxic to most life-forms. Inside, species’ survival depends on ...

Cockroach infestations don’t just bring creepy crawlers, they fill homes with allergens and bacterial toxins that can trigger asthma and allergies. NC State researchers found that larger infestations ...

As kids growing up in Houston, my neighborhood friends and I all had cockroach horror stories. Maybe one crawled across someone’s face at night or scuttled over their bare foot in the kitchen. I ...

A giant cave cockroach from the Bohart Museum of Entomology’s petting zoo, and a look through a microscope at an insect specimen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) If you've ever been to a Bohart Museum ...

The 2008 film Wall-E depicted Earth as a post-apocalyptic wasteland with nothing on it but the abandoned remnants of human society and a forlorn, trash-compacting robot. The titular robot's only ...