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 ... than any other marine animal, researchers say ...

The push for paper straws is largely due to sustainability reasons. Marc W. Ward, Executive Director & Lead Investigator of ...

On average, about 8 million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year ... Whales and other marine animals appear to be consuming this plastic, which can lead them to change their behavior ...

Media images of marine animals trapped in plastic, or with pieces of garbage in their stomach contents have raised concern ...

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 ...

Midway will probably vanish under rising ocean levels before the plastic decays. "These are the classic 'canary in the coal mine' scenarios," said Brown. "This is an animal that relies entirely on ...

Rivers of pollution flow into the ocean every day, with little sign of slowing down. Marine animals and birds now regularly eat plastic, and so do humans. It is estimated that by 2050 there could be ...

SEVERAL businesses, mostly milk tea shops, in Lapu-Lapu City still use plastic straws despite the total ban on their use that started in 2019, according to its ...

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 ...