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 ...

Midway will probably vanish under rising ocean levels before the plastic decays. "These are the classic 'canary in the coal mine' scenarios," said Brown. "This is an animal that relies entirely on ...

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 ...

Andre Seale/VW PICS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The crisis threatens a variety of marine animals ... for one last glance at the Indian Ocean. A small boy tossed a plastic bottle over his shoulder ...

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 ...

If we don't stop, the ocean could be drastically changed within our lifetimes. Rivers of pollution flow into the ocean every day, with little sign of slowing down. Marine animals and birds now ...

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 ...

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 ...