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 ...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University found that marine creatures like ascidians can change the composition of microplastics, ...

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 ...

Media images of marine animals trapped in plastic, or with pieces of garbage in their stomach contents have raised concern ...

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 ...

Animals that hunt in the dark with sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids BEAUFORT, N.C. -- To whales that hunt with soundwaves in the lightless depths of the ocean, a torn plastic party ...

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 ...