A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui ... written in Japanese, stuck between its stomach and duodenum. The findings showed that ...

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit ...

In a study spanning 11 years, a research team found bizarre plastic items stuck in loggerhead turtles ... a child’s costume to the inside of a sea turtle—is a fascinating glimpse into ...

A new study suggests that ingesting even a single piece of plastic can be deadly for sea turtles. Researchers found there was a one in five chance of death for a turtle who consumed just one item ...

While freeing one of them, one of the boaters said: "This one has been stuck ... amount of plastic entering the oceans. Marine plastic pollution isn't the only thing threatening sea turtles.

fragments of fishing rope and carrier bags for sea grass, scientists say Green turtles are eating plastic which looks like their diet of sea grass, researchers say. Black bin bags, fragments of ...

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 ... with refuse. The turtle stuck in a six-pack ring, its shell ...

Narrator: You've probably seen this video. That's a plastic straw being pulled out of a sea turtle's nose. The video went viral in 2015 sparking a public outcry to "say no to plastic straws." ...

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.

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 ...

Dr Kanga, however, says the number of sea turtles has been declining due to climate change affecting their ecology, plastic pollution, fishermen destroying their nests, and increased human ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Sea Turtle Oversight Protection and Turtle Island Restoration Network filed a notice today of their intent to sue the federal government for ...