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Despite dying during last year’s legislative session, two bills in the Florida House and Senate are once again trying to ...

Artists transform marine debris into art, educating national park visitors in the process.

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

Organizations exist to help sea life found entangled in debris, and even to do bulk removals of debris from our oceans, but ...

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

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

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide ...