Fernando Rivera, 11, won’t eat Brussels sprouts. There’s something in the smell that he can’t quite put his finger on. One time, he tried the tiny cabbage, and he had a hard time getting it down his ...

Serbian scientists at Belgrade’s Institute for Biology are developing a novel way to combat plastic waste by training mealworms to digest polystyrene, a common but persistent material used in ...

I had the hardest time titling this post and project. What would you call it? Mealworms don’t “grow” like a vegetable and you don’t really “raise” them either. Mostly, you throw them in a box and hope ...

Can mealworms be used to solve two global problems? Researchers suggest that yes: for food sustainability and plastic pollution. Biology students at Wake Forest University are using mealworms to solve ...