MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.

Sea turtle biologist and New York University Professor Genia Naro-Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make ...

Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles, it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic ...

The turtle writhes in agony ... Bar none,” Savoca says, referring to straws, water bottles, and plastic bags. Some 700 species of marine animals have been reported—so far—to have eaten ...

Climate change and human development is also a major driver in the destruction of sea turtle populations and habitats. For example, plastic bags in the water are often mistaken for jellyfish—a ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

THE green sea turtle that was found dead along the coast of Barangay Tugasan, Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City earlier this ...

"We want our customers to feel safe as they eat, and that's why we're putting their orders into bags." A turtle that swallowed plastic receives treatment. The World Economic Forum says there will ...

The Miami Republican’s legislation (HB 565) pitted sea turtle conservationists against American for Prosperity, plastic bag ...