Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs, and broken glass bottles as shelters instead of shells. Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying these ...

As the amount of plastic going into waterways is increasing, researchers and environmental groups are documenting how plastic is impacting wildlife and the environment. The plastic is everywhere — in ...

Plastic may well be a useful everyday item, but its careless disposal in oceans and inland waterways is a pressing global ...

By Shanna Hanbury Plastic pollution is widespread across the Amazon Rainforest’s rivers, plants and animals, according to a recent study. Previous research suggests up to 10% of total plastics in the ...

From chicken nuggets to tofu, American proteins have a microplastics problem. An Environmental Pollution study published on Monday reviewed a wide range of meat, fish and vegetarian meat alternatives ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have demonstrated for the first time the devastating physiological and behavioural effects on fish exposed to the tiny bits of plastic pollution clogging the world's ...

Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and ...

Pirougue on the Sangha River, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Bayanga, Central African Republic The plastic pollution crisis has reached critical levels, permeating every corner of our ecosystems, ...