The haul of Madagascar hissing cockroaches and dubia cockroaches, worth 200,000 Australian dollars ($142,000), was seized in May from a commercial breeder in the city of Bathurst in New South Wales ...

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

Officials say the seized insects were likely destined for the pet trade, especially as reptile food.

Officials warned of strict penalties for smuggling invasive species, though no charges were filed in this case Australian wildlife officials announced Friday they had seized more than 100,000 illegal ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — More than 100,000 live cockroaches illegal to keep in Australia were confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates, ...

Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country's largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS ...

This image supplied by Australia's Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water shows, a staff member holding a Madagascar hissing cockroach seized from a commercial breeder at ...