“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

Dead sea turtles have been discovered with a vast array of plastic waste inside their bellies, with one unlucky reptile having swallowed a rubber witch's finger. Of a total of 135 loggerhead turtles ...

Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, ...

Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death. The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, ...

For years, marine biologists have called for a ban on plastics, having witnessed firsthand the devastating impact on marine life. However, their pleas largely fell on deaf ears, given how cheap ...

A Halloween toy was among hundreds of plastic items found in the guts of dead sea turtles in the Mediterranean, a new study reveals. A Halloween toy was among hundreds of plastic items found in the ...

I received the following questions from students doing a project on turtle conservation at the Lund International School in Sweden. Q. How do plastic products in the environment affect turtles and ...

Thousands to millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean annually, but where they end up is poorly understood. Scientists have been working to assemble the pieces of the puzzle for years, including ...

New explanation for why sea predators are eating so much plastic I had never thought about life, uhhhh, finding a way uhhhh and clinging to plastic in the oceans. Fascinating and yet heartbreaking and ...