Researchers from Tel Aviv University found that marine creatures like ascidians can change the composition of microplastics, ...

On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist uses pliers from a Swiss army knife to try to extract a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril ... than any other marine animal, researchers say ...

This is not the first case linking plastics with the deepest parts of the ocean. Explorer makes alarming find while ...

Where does the plastic bag charge go? To determine how this exposure was impacting the species, the researchers looked at post mortem reports and animal stranding records relating to sea turtles ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

The researchers collaborated with the Ocean Voyages Institute to collect ocean debris Scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic debris in an area of the open ocean dubbed "the ...

The most adorable, silly-looking baby king crab, accidentally collected by NOAA researchers in the Gulf of Mexico, has ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

There often are tiny bits of plastic in ... appear to impair lab animals at levels some governments consider safe for humans. What drew these 1,300 perfect circles on the sea floor?

SEVERAL businesses, mostly milk tea shops, in Lapu-Lapu City still use plastic straws despite the total ban on their use that started in 2019, according to its ...

Many of the sea creatures we love – birds, fish, turtles and whales – die because of the plastic that’s suffocating our seas. Plastic is choking our oceans. Sir David Attenborough told us during Blue ...