Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

If humans are ever going to live beyond Earth, they'll need to construct habitats. But transporting enough industrial material to create livable spaces would be incredibly challenging and expensive.

But locals and savvy travelers know that behind that humble façade lies seafood nirvana – the kind of place that makes people willingly drive hours across South Carolina just for a plate of perfectly ...

In the heart of Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, a silent storm is mounting – one not of wind or waves, but of waste.

You eat thousands of bits of plastic every year Though abundant in water, air, and common foods, it’s unclear how it might affect our health. By Sarah Gibbens ...

A report by the environmental advocacy group Oceana found nearly 1,800 marine mammals and sea turtles either swallowed or become entangled in plastic in U.S. waters between 2009 and early 2020.

But the exact reasons why the adults are eating plastic in the first place are still not really understood. One difficulty is that analysis of the types, colours and shapes of plastic being eaten by ...

It is estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic waste than fish in the sea. Indonesia is the second largest producer of plastic waste in the world after China.

As an agrarian civilization, almost all of what humans eat is farmed — with the notable exception of seafood.Aside from some farmed fish, most seafood we consume is still caught in the wild.Yet ...

The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats and actually digests plastic. This has been shown in laboratory experiments by PhD student Maaike Goudriaan at Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).

Richard Kirby, a marine biologist based in Plymouth, England, was looking at zooplankton wriggling under a microscope when he spotted something else: shreds of plastic pieces interlaced with the ...

Mouthbrooding fish under stress may sometimes resort to cannibalism and eat their young. Scientists' discovery of the behavior was "a complete accident." ...