Elsewhere: New cockroach species discovered in NYC

A high school science project has allegedly discovered a new species of cockroach in NYC.

“[Closely-related] species don’t differ [by] more than one percent, [while] this cockroach is four percent different,” agreed Professor Mark Stoeckle. “This suggests it is a new species of cockroach.”

On how they collected specimens:

To conduct this study, Ms. Tan and Mr. Cost collected a total of 217 specimens between November 2008 and March 2009. They rummaged around in supermarkets, streets and in New York apartments, including that of Professor Stoeckle, where they found the new cockroach species.

“The superintendent of the apartment building was surprised when we wanted to save rather than squash the cockroach,” remarked Ms. Tan.