WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Cambridge discovery could help rid the planet of the scourge of plastic shopping bags which end up in our rivers and oceans A moth that prefers munching plastic to pullovers could help cure a major ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Dec., 1988), pp. 467-477 (11 pages) Both lesser wax moth, Achroia grisella (F.) and greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. males produce sounds using ...

New research shows that two enzymes in the saliva of these worms readily break down polyethylene, the world’s most widely used plastic and a major contributor to global plastic waste (REUTERS) Two ...

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 ...

A solution to the plastic pollution problem might exist within the eating habits and digestive machinations of Galleria mellonella, also known as the ‘great wax moth.’ It was discovered—by ...

Since the pandemic, we are very aware of the power of social distancing to protect against infectious disease. But can social distancing be effective if the infectious agent isn’t a virus or bacterium ...