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

UBC researchers fed mealworms ground-up face masks mixed with bran and found that the bugs excreted a small fraction of the microplastics consumed.

The worms ate and digested almost half the plastic available to them in an experiment researchers hope will offer a window ...

Scientists in Kenya say they've discovered a small but potentially powerful new weapon in their fight against plastic pollution.

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.

Mealworms are nature's scavengers and decomposers, able to survive up to eight months without food or water, and happy to eat their own kind when food is scarce. After 30 days, the research team ...

In a new study, UBC zoologist Dr. Michelle Tseng and alumna Shim Gicole quantified the ability of mealworms (Coleoptera: ...

“It had a huge impact.” The results came back showing the mealworms ate about half the plastic given to them. Each worm was found to eat about 150 particles of the ground-up face ...

Kenyan scientists have discovered that a native mealworm can eat and break down polystyrene – a breakthrough that could help ...