Globally, humanity now produces a staggering 450 million tonnes of plastic every year. From food and drink containers to ...

Earthworms are a welcome sight for gardeners and farmers because the wriggling invertebrates recycle nutrients from soil, making them more accessible to plants. As worms burrow, they consume almost ...

Like us, it’s all chemistry for digestion! How is it that these detritivores – literally dirt eaters – turn what humans find inedible into beloved compost? After the biology and physics of swallowing ...