Summertime blues are a rare affliction for anglers who feel the tug of a hard-fighting black bass when the weather turns hot. Check their fishing rods, and a good number of them will have a plastic ...

Because our region is blessed with an abundance of great trout waters, many anglers from this area tend to forget the most popular gamefish in this country is the largemouth bass. Not only are ...

Researchers have discovered that the saliva of wax worms, the caterpillar larvae of the wax moths that feeds on beeswax in beehives, can quickly break down polyethylene, a material predominantly used ...

When it comes to catching black bass, most anglers would rather fool 'em with plastic worms than feed 'em the real thing. Fishermen resurrect supple, soft plastic worms from their tackle boxes as ...

A molecule found in wax-worm saliva has been found to break down one of the most-polluting forms of plastic without the need for high energy inputs. The study, published in Nature Communications and ...

Two substances in the saliva of wax worms — moth larvae that eat wax made by bees to build honeycombs — readily break down a common type of plastic, researchers said on Tuesday, in a potential advance ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Plastic is cheap and highly durable, which has made it an extremely popular packaging product. But it’s also leading to an environmental threat: plastic pollution.

When it comes to catching black bass, most anglers would rather fool 'em with plastic worms than feed 'em the real thing. Fishermen resurrect supple, soft plastic worms from their tackle boxes as ...