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 ...

Outlawed now in some places, or only available to tote your purchases at a ridiculous premium, the billions of “T-shirt” bags used every year present a serious waste management problem. Whether ...

The saliva of certain caterpillars has been discovered to break down the world's most common type of plastic. Mass producing the proteins in the saliva could provide a cheap and effective way to break ...

Plastic bag pollution may finally have met its match in the face of the moth larvae that infest beehives, known as wax worms. Scientists have discovered that enzymes in the worms' saliva rapidly break ...

MOST scientific research follows a logical progression, with one experiment following up on the findings of another. Every now and then, however, serendipity plays a part. Such is the case with a ...

Here’s a caterpillar that thinks plastic tastes fantastic. Scientists have discovered that the larvae of the wax moth will easily munch through a common plastic known as polyethylene, turning it into ...

The ubiquitous greater wax moth is ordinary in every way but one: It has the ability to hear the highest-known sound frequency. The greater wax moth's hearing goes up to about 300 kilohertz, nearly ...

If you were asked to select five insects that have most profoundly altered humanity since Homo sapiens first fashioned tools and harnessed fire, which insects would you choose? With 1.1 million ...