Mealworms can eat and absorb plastic, offering potential insights for reducing pollution. Plastic pollution pervades ...

An experiment reveals that a bio-solution to humans’ microplastics mess is likely to fall short, but could inspire other ways to attack the problem.

A small shiny insect species has a unique dietary craving that could help solve the world's plastic pollution problem.

“It was just a confirmation that I was capable,” said the UBC alum. “It had a huge impact.” The results came back showing the ...

The capability of mealworms to digest and break down plastics has been challenged in a study led by researchers from The ...

Scientists in Kenya are studying how mealworms could help solve Africa's plastic waste crisis by consuming polystyrene. Kenyan scientists have discovered that a native mealworm can eat and break ...

feeding them ground-up face masks—a common plastic product—mixed with bran, a tastier option. Mealworms are Nature’s scavengers and decomposers, able to survive up to eight months without food or ...

Plastic pollution occurs ... and happy to eat their own kind when food is scarce. After 30 days, the research team found the mealworms ate about half the microplastics available, about 150 ...

"It is possible that mealworms might not naturally have the ability to eat plastic but that, instead, the bacteria in their guts might change when they start eating plastic, to help break it down ...

The abundance of bacteria indicates that they play a crucial role in breaking down the plastic. This may mean that mealworms may not naturally have the ability to eat plastic. Instead, when they ...

Kenyan scientists have discovered that a native mealworm can eat and break down polystyrene – a breakthrough that could help tackle the continent's growing plastic waste crisis. A research team in ...