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 ...

Gavin said that “microplastics primarily enter our food through environmental contamination, as plastics break down in places like landfills and leach into the soil and water where food is grown or ...

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year, causing harm to marine life. Animals can get tangled up in plastic ...

There are many ways to reduce plastic, and although it’s hard, it’s not impossible — that is plainly an excuse. We have to do ...

Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the ...

High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research shows. Scientists tested the effects of new PVC pellets (pre-production "nurdles" used to make ...

Sensors attached to animals gather valuable data to track and mitigate the human influence on marine life. A Kobe University ...

Biologging uses animal sensors to track ocean changes, helping scientists address climate, pollution, and conservation.

There will be more plastic than fish Rivers of pollution flow into the ocean every day, with little sign of slowing down. Marine animals and birds now regularly eat plastic, and so do humans. It is ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...

Mamarika’s clan reveres the green turtle as a totem, or spirit animal ... seven sea turtle species—from accidental capture in fishing nets to overharvesting of eggs and widespread plastic ...