Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics -- but how much is too much? That ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ...

By studying more than 10,000 necropsies, researchers now know how much plastic it takes to kill seabirds, sea turtles, and ...

The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, giving them a 90% chance of dying.

Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. For the first time, researchers examined data to find out how much it takes. The answer: ...

In a research first, scientists say they studied more than 10,000 marine animal necropsies to calculate how much, or how ...

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone contains ...

Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds ...

The growing pollution problem caused by microplastics has been linked to the deaths of protected marine life, including whales, seabirds and turtles. Now, a worrying new study has found the substance ...

To the editor: To combat plastic pollution in our oceans, we need to cut back on plastic production, not try to capture the endless stream of it. A recent article in The Times on an effort to ...

Plastic bag bans may not be the best way to keep plastics out of the ocean, argues Todd Myers. (Jay Karr/Island Packet) We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly, and we have ...