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To help combat plastic waste, these scientists are taking a worms’ eye view.

When these worms are munching Styrofoam, they apparently sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies cereal just after the milk is poured on.

There's been a lot of buzz lately about plastics and worms, with much of the recent news generated by a report out of Australia on a study showing that a "superworm" could eat and digest expanded polystyrene. (Other, earlier studies have looked at similar capabilities.) But before you celebrate,…

Researchers at the University of Queensland have found a species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale. Scientists discovered the common Z ...

Researchers at the University of Queensland have found a species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale.

To help combat plastic waste, these scientists are taking a worms’ eye view.

A species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale.

The next step is to grow the worm's bacterial enzyme in a lab and upscale the process to an entire recycling plant.

A species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale, scientists in Australia have said.

Insect larvae called superworms can digest polystyrene: one of the most vexatious plastics to recycle - and it's all because of gut bacteria.