For years, marine biologists have called for a ban on plastics, having witnessed firsthand the devastating impact on marine life. However, their pleas largely fell on deaf ears, given how cheap ...

All over the world, sea turtles are swallowing bits of plastic floating in the ocean, mistaking them for tasty jellyfish, or just unable to avoid the debris that surrounds them. Now, a new study out ...

Dead sea turtles have been discovered with a vast array of plastic waste inside their bellies, with one unlucky reptile having swallowed a rubber witch's finger. Of a total of 135 loggerhead turtles ...

A matured Loggerhead Sea turtle released by staff from Local conservation makes its way back into the ocean, in Watamu on May 23, 2025. [AFP] A small charity on Kenya’s coast has become vital to ...

Off the coast of Lebanon, a routine sail in November turned into a rescue when a floating object in the Mediterranean ...

The ocean is awash with plastic—more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals get tangled in plastics or swallow them, the chemicals released by the stuff ...

Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death. The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, ...

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic flow into the world’s oceans. What often looks like floating debris to ...

A sea turtle that unknowingly swallowed a plastic wristband handed to it by a tourist has finally been able to pass the ...

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