The German cockroach was given its name in the late 1700s in Central Europe. Scientists later concluded that the species, Blattella germanica, originated in northeastern Africa.

First, obviously, the cockroach has to be female and milkable. “Ideally about 54 days old, that’s when the embryos reach 40 to 45 percent gestation,” noted Ramaswamy.

Link Copied! An American cockroach, which averages about 1.5 inches in length. An Indian woman had a live 1-inch-long cockroach pulled from her skull.

Think twice before killing the next cockroach you find in your apartment. A team of scientists at India’s Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine discovered that cockroach m… ...