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 ...

Plastic is found in almost every sea turtle hatchling that washes ashore. A sea turtle hatchling that washed ashore on a Florida beach and later died had more than 100 pieces of tiny plastic in its ...

Thousands to millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean annually, but where they end up is poorly understood. Scientists have been working to assemble the pieces of the puzzle for years, including ...

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 ...