Federica Bertocchini at the Margarita Salas Center for Biological Research and her colleagues have isolated unique, plastic-eating enzymes from the saliva of wax worms. These biological agents ...

Enzymes found in the saliva of wax worms can degrade one of the most common forms of plastic waste. This is based on research published in October that could create new ways to deal with plastic ...

Federica Bertocchini, from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), removed a batch of wax worms, the larvae of the common insect Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) from honeycombs in her ...

Late ice is a great time for fish species of all types. Species such as whitefish and catfish are great alternatives to your ...

A new, permanent and free exhibition at the Natural History Museum is designed to warn people about their impact on our "broken planet" and help them make changes for the better. Whale earwax and ...