With the world’s human population continuing to grow, there’s a risk that food supplies could one day fall behind demand. But don’t worry, scientists have found a new slimy, wriggling source of ...

A spoonful of sugar may help the mealworms go down. Adding sugars to powdered, cooked mealworms creates a seasoning with an appetizing “meatlike” odor, researchers report August 24 at the American ...

STORY: Serbian scientists have been experimenting with mealworms as a way to break down polystyrene - commonly used in packaging, insulation and food containers - and help solve a growing plastic ...

Westford, USA, Aug. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to SkyQuest, mealworms, scientifically known as the larvae of the darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor), are a common insect species. They ...

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Have you ever been sitting on the couch, ready to put on your favorite movie, you head over to the fridge, and just wish you had a nice, juicy packet of mealworms to snack on? Well good news! The EU ...

Plastic, long considered nonbiodegradable and one of the biggest contributors to global pollution, might have met its match: The small, brownish, squirmy mealworm. Researchers have learned that the ...

Closeup time-lapse of 500 mealworms versus two Among Us crewmates/imposters in a fast forward 100-hours video. Crews were ...

What would it take you to start eating mealworms? What if you knew that livestock production accounted for 15 percent of greenhouse gases? What if you knew that livestock took up a lot of land where ...

Mealworms are not only able to eat various forms of plastic, as previous research has shown, they can consume potentially toxic plastic additives in Styrofoam with no ill effects, a new study shows.