This juvenile warty frogfish was raised in captivity at the Shedd Aquarium. (Brenna Hernandez/Shedd Aquarium) Inside the ...

If you're looking for an acclaimed zoo that takes good care of its animals, head to Omaha, Nebraska, and visit the zoo named ...

A new facility at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus meant to transform plastic waste into construction-grade building blocks is expected to begin operation in the summer of 2025, Tucson officials ...

Spider plants are usually known for their trailing leaves, but with a little creativity they can take on a completely ...

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Plastic is pretty awful. Despite being in many reusable containers, or just in disposable containers like water bottles, plastic as a material is one of the worst for the environment. In fact, we're ...

In reworking the connections within plastic materials, researchers are studying how plant-based compounds could eventually serve as scalable alternatives to petroleum-derived plastics. Stacey Leasca ...

A team of researchers in Japan has unveiled a groundbreaking plant-based plastic that could revolutionize the fight against microplastic pollution. Made from carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), a ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve our microplastic problem. In a study published in the ...

An international group has conducted extensive evaluations of domestic and international suppliers in the same industry, ultimately selecting Niutech Environment Technology Corp.'s next-generation of ...

This bag of tomatoes is made from the new plant-based plastic that uses FDA-approved ingredients. Watch as the bag completely dissolves in artificial seawater after just a few hours, without leaving ...