Pest control

Japanese insecticide company releases dating simulation game with cockroaches

All four love interests transform into cockroaches at the end of the game.

Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in bug-breeder bust

Wildlife officers found Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches, a bulky insect named for its noisy defence mechanism, and dubia cockroaches, an invasive critter bred as a snack for pet lizards.

SMRT to step up pest control measures, confirms no wider infestation after rat spotted in train

SMRT also reminded passengers not to eat or drink on trains and in stations.

Forum: Public must show it disapproves of pigeon feeding

Rats infest Gaza’s tent camps, biting children and spreading disease

Palestinians walk past piles of garbage and waste near tents for displaced people, amid the spread of rodents, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer

SFA investigating rodent sighting at Lucky Plaza foodcourt

A rodent is seen poking its nose at a plate of food before scurrying across the table at a foodcourt, identified by some social media users as the foodcourt in Lucky Plaza.

USDA to release flies near US-Mexico border to fight screwworm pest

Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in wounds on warm-blooded animals, often livestock.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 29, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) said Mr Andriy Yermak had resigned, and that he would consider his replacement for Head of the Presidential Office on Nov 29.

Bedbugs on ‘seats, clothes’ force temporary closure of prestigious Paris cinema’s halls

Paris' prestigious Cinematheque Francaise is to temporarily close amid a bedbug infestation.

Safer, more sustainable pest control under Singapore’s new framework

Singapore’s national framework The Code Of Practice For The Performance Of Pest Management Services incorporates integrated pest management principles.

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