Mismanaged waste could eventually enter the sea via inland waterways ... Floating plastic waste is often mistaken for food by marine animals and once ingested, these animals will die slowly of ...

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

Image by microgen via Depositphotos. Plastic pollution impacts marine life in several harmful ways. Animals such as turtles, seals, and seabirds can become entangled in plastic debris, leading to ...

What to know about President Donald Trump’s executive order encouraging the federal government and consumers to buy plastic ...

We take an elevator down to a parking garage and walk by Lamborghinis to our destination: a labyrinth of pipes and plastic ... these animals. But after months of reporting on sea turtles in ...

Donald Trump has defended his decision to revert back to using single-use plastic straws again after having recently signed ...

The birds die and decay, but the plastic inside them stays forever ... mine' scenarios," said Brown. "This is an animal that relies entirely on the ocean for its survival, just like 3 billion ...

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 ...

Scientists found deep-sea shrimp evolved special vision to detect bioluminescent light and navigate their world.

Facts About Plastic Pollution and Microplastics Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our ...

A deep sea creature known for living hundreds of meters below the water's surface in the darkness of the deep ocean was photographed in broad daylight last week — in what researchers are saying may be ...

Very few people make it to the deepest depths of the oceans, which is why new discoveries are constantly made about the exotic creatures that dwell in the deep blue sea. Although these next five ...