Humanity's impact on the environment during our short history on the planet has been profound. Global temperatures are on the ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to combat plastic waste. According to a recent article from the Conversation, posted at Phys.org, researchers at the International Centre of Insect ...

There’s little evidence of plastic binding up ants and other small land insects, though. The La Palma ants represent one of the first known examples of a plastic trash–entangled terrestrial ...

There’s been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming polystyrene. They join the ranks of a small group of insects that have been ...

The research may lay the groundwork for a future pathway to turn plastic into high-value insect protein for animal feeds. "We will also explore the mechanisms of the bacteria in the lesser ...

some of which can be found in the bellies of certain larvae and other insects, that contain enzymes capable of breaking down common types of plastic. “In no small part because of just how much ...

Rocks in Trader Joe’s cookies. Insects in its broccoli-cheese soup. Pieces of plastic in Banquet frozen chicken strips. In recent weeks, U.S. consumers have seen high-profile food recalls ...

(AP) – Rocks in Trader Joe’s cookies. Insects in its broccoli-cheese soup. Pieces of plastic in Banquet frozen chicken strips. In recent weeks, U.S. consumers have seen high-profile food ...

There’s been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming polystyrene. They join the ranks of a small group of insects that have been ...

They join the ranks of a small group of insects that have been found to be capable of breaking the polluting plastic down, though this is the first time that an insect species native to Africa has ...