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 ...

Geckos and bearded dragons adore wax worms because of their high fat content ... other vertebrates like chicks or rats.

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 ...

Enzymes found in the saliva of wax worms can degrade one of the most common ... Scientists have identified several types of bacteria that can “eat” plastic. One of such is Ideonella sakaiensis.