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Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) shows some of the 100,000 contraband cockroaches found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney. (Photo: AFP)

Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in bug-breeder bust

Officials now have the unenviable task of euthanizing the creepy-crawlies, an insect so hardy it spawned an urban legend they could survive a nuclear blast.

June 28, 2026

World-renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

Jane Goodall, the pioneering primatologist and beloved conservationist, has died at the age of 91 in Los Angeles. Her groundbreaking chimpanzee research, environmental advocacy, and global influence inspired generations to protect wildlife and treat Earth with compassion and respect.

October 1, 2025