A team of scientists has developed an artificial 'worm gut' to break down plastics, offering hope for a nature-inspired method to tackle the global plastic pollution problem. A team of scientists from ...

A molecule found in wax-worm saliva has been found to break down one of the most-polluting forms of plastic without the need for high energy inputs. The study, published in Nature Communications and ...

Our planet has a plastic problem; plastic particles can be found in nearly every part of our environment, in organisms, even in the human body. Recycling plastic is not easy, for many reasons, and ...

Researchers are working on manipulating the digestive systems of wax worms to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic. In 2017, European researchers discovered a potential solution. The larvae ...

People around the world use more than a trillion plastic bags every year. They're made of a notoriously resilient kind of plastic called polyethylene that can take decades to break down. But the ...

Scientists may have uncovered an unexpected solution to the global plastic waste crisis: a plastic-eating worm. The larvae of the lesser-known Kenyan mealworm has the remarkable ability to digest ...

Two substances in the saliva of wax worms — moth larvae that eat wax made by bees to build honeycombs — readily break down a common type of plastic, researchers said on Tuesday, in a potential advance ...

Because our region is blessed with an abundance of great trout waters, many anglers from this area tend to forget the most popular gamefish in this country is the largemouth bass. Not only are ...

Humans produce more than 300 million metric tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills, and up to 12 million metric tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no sustainable ...

“Could Nature Rid the Planet of Its Plastic Waste?” Over the past few years, worms, bacteria, and enzymes that chow down on polymers have inspired headlines somewhat like this one. The idea that ...

Researchers discovered a rare kind of protein modification in the slime of velvet worms, a finding that could one day help scientists make plastics and glues more recyclable. Velvet worms shoot sticky ...