I used to think of ocean plastic as a slow, vague threat—something that chokes turtles and whales only after years of ...

Every year, Ana Estrella, Department Chair of Natural and Applied Sciences at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP), ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics—but how much is too much?

A new study shows that very small amounts of plastic can kill marine animals and that fragments now appear in common foods ...

Broward County records 2,956 sea turtle nests this season, with record-breaking 2,075 leatherback nests statewide.

From Arctic ice to equatorial isles, these wildlife cruises bring you face to face with the planet’s most extraordinary ...

Plastic found inside a dead black-footed albatross. Image by Dan Clark /USFWS. New research has found that even small amounts ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

Plastic pollution harms marine life and ecosystems. Discover easy ways to cut plastic waste and join the call for a global ...

At the 50% mortality threshold, the volumes are even more startling: consuming less than one sugar cube’s worth of plastics ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center logged 20,872 nests, a nearly 40% increase from the previous year. Despite the high numbers, some nests were lost to beach erosion. Researchers advise beachgoers to keep ...