The German cockroach is one well-adapted bug. All our attempts to wipe it out is only making it stronger. It's evolved to avoid poison bait laced with glucose — something few living things do.

Cockroach infestations are “a big public health concern, especially in low-income housing where the treatments for German cockroaches leave a lot to be desired,” Vargo tells the Washington Post.

The world’s most widespread type of cockroach — a tiny, tan pest called the German cockroach — is at this moment crawling ...