Credit: NOAA Fisheries In Florida, a sea turtle drowned after a plastic bag filled ... Oceana says the number of animals surveyed is far fewer than the actual number affected by the flood 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 nostril ... But most of the time, the harm is stealthier.

Wildlife at risk after plastic pellets spill into North Sea following ship collision - The coastguard said the ‘nurdles’ are ...

In seabirds, the evidence is clearer. Nanoplastics have been linked with organ damage in sable shearwaters and are known to ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The list of freshwater and marine organisms that are harmed ... on animals at nearly all levels of biological organization,” Rochman says. “We know enough to act to reduce plastic pollution ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

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 ...