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 ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Many of the sea creatures we love – birds, fish, turtles and whales – die because of the plastic that’s suffocating our seas. Plastic is choking our oceans. Sir David Attenborough told us during Blue ...

Global Production Every year, the world produces a staggering 400 million tons of plastic. This sheer volume of production is ...

If we don't stop, the ocean could be drastically changed within our lifetimes. Rivers of pollution flow into the ocean every day, with little sign of slowing down. Marine animals and birds now ...

Leatherbacks feed on jellyfish and other gelatinous creatures ... In some cases, sea turtles die of starvation when plastic garbage obstructs their digestive tracts, making them unable to absorb ...

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 ...

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 ...