Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean. Researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa have recently discovered ...

Believe it or not, researchers have had plastic-eating fungi on their radars for more than a decade. Now, a startup is leveraging these findings to commercialize fungi-driven recycling for both ...

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 ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY SHAWN MILLER “The really sad thing about this is that they’re eating plastic thinking it’s food,” says Matthew Savoca, a marine biologist with the National Oceanic and ...

It’s well known that sea otters help make kelp forests more abundant, by eating the sea urchins that ... In a world that relies on plastic, the time it takes to break down is a major problem.

Recent research highlights that eating from plastic takeout containers may elevate the risk of congestive heart failure due to gut microbiota changes and inflammation. The study, comprising 3,000 ...

Microplastics have become such a part of our lives that a new study found a plastic spoon's worth of ... research is needed to understand just how eating foods with microplastics affects us.

A video is going viral over social media where vendors are seen picking rotten strawberries and packing them in small plastic boxes ... rotten and fungus-infested strawberries and selling them ...

In one of my favourite examples this week, a UK startup is working to make plastic eating enzymes to help deal with fast fashion. TechCrunch recently profiled Epoch Biodesign, a company that's ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. A flesh-eating fungus is expanding its range in the American West – and ...