STORY: Serbian scientists have been experimenting with mealworms as a way to break down polystyrene - commonly used in packaging, insulation and food containers - and help solve a growing plastic ...

Mealworms are commonly used as food for both animals and people. But research over the past few years has indicated that they have some even more impressive capabilities, including some that don’t ...

Eating plastic, it’s fantastic! Scientists might have found an unlikely solution to the trash problem choking our planet — a plastic-eating insect, which was described in the journal Nature. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Consider the lowly mealworm. Researchers at Stanford University have been doing just that and they've discovered the little larvae have a big appetite for plastic -- ...

Mealworms in a research facility of the Belgrade-based Institute for Biology in Belgrade Mealworms in a research facility of the Belgrade-based Institute for Biology in Belgrade BELGRADE (Reuters) ...