On Tuesday, staff from the Boca Raton, Florida-based marine life center posted a sad image on Facebook of a deceased baby sea turtle next to a staggering 104 pieces of plastic, which the animal ...

Nearly 1,800 of them, including a significant number of sea turtles, have consumed or become entangled in plastic since 2009 — and a new report says the true numbers are likely much more ...

The turtle writhes in agony ... of marine animals have been reported—so far—to have eaten or become entangled in plastic. We don’t fully understand plastic’s long-term impact on wildlife ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

It was the hawksbill turtle that did it. In 2017, Blue Planet footage of a turtle entangled in a plastic sack, later freed by a cameraman, seemed to herald a shift in our relationship with plastic.

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled in it. Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific ...

This is a live hawksbill turtle entangled in fishing material constricting shell growth, Kaeyama Island, Japan 2001. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

From microplastics washing up on once-pristine beaches to discarded fishing gear entangling marine animals, the impact on ...

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled in it. Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific ...