Ants may be the first known insects ensnared in plastic pollution
Plastic waste routinely ensnares marine life, but even small landlubbers are not immune
![A photo of an ant tangled in a thin, red fiber.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/092823_JB_ants-microplastic_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
This Lasius grandis ant, tangled in a thin, red fiber, may be one of the first examples of insects becoming tangled in plastic pollution.
Armand Rausell-Moreno