A new kind of Black Plague is upon us — a plague of little black crickets. They're in the corners of bedrooms at night, keeping us awake with their chirping. They're creeping under doors and through ...

Learn more about the crickets that will only eat microplastics if they fit in their mouths. And how they can introduce more nanoplastics into the environment. While we as humans are now aware of ...

To a human, microplastics are very small at less than 5 millimeters (mm) wide. But to an insect, microplastics might be the same size as the food they usually eat. Researchers reporting in ACS’ ...