The wax moth is very destructive and can destroy beehives and entire bee colonies. The moths lay their eggs inside the hive and then the larvae that hatch create tunnels through the honeycombs that contain honeybee larva and their honey stores. These tunnels they build result in massive destruction of...

Scientists found a new strain of bacteria that feeds on toxic plastic and uses it as food to power the process of breaking the plastic down. It’s the first known bacteria to attack polyurethane. The research team found the bacterium at a waste site where a considerable amount of plastic...