A team of CSIC researchers has discovered that wax worm saliva degrades plastic; a discovery with numerous applications for treating or recycling plastic waste. Back in 2017, the team discovered that ...

The saliva of wax worms, which are moth larvae that infest beehives, has been found to have enzymes that quickly degrade plastic bags, according to a report by The Guardian. The researchers behind the ...

A beekeeper was cleaning wax worms out of her hives, and putting them in a plastic bag when she realized the worms were chewing through the plastic and chemically breaking it down. Good morning. I'm A ...

Good morning. I'm A Martinez. Plastic bags present a big environmental problem, but could worms be part of the solution? - specifically wax worms which infest beehives. A molecular biologist, also a ...