eat more plastic as a proportion of their body mass than any other marine animal, researchers say: In one large population, 90 percent of the fledglings had already ingested some. A plastic shard ...

are known to ingest plastic. When animals eat plastic, it can block their digestive system, causing a long, slow death from starvation. Sharp pieces of plastic can also pierce the gut wall, causing ...

and the animals that eat them, depend on just how many larval fish make it, and in what condition. The blue glove hasn’t been in the water long enough to suffer the fate of most ocean plastic ...

Visitors are allowed to feed them specially-made sugar-free crackers, which do not come in plastic packaging ... think they are food and eat them. Nara resident Takashi Nakamura, who runs a ...

Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

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 ...

It’s killing and harming marine life. Turtles eat plastic bags mistaking them for jellyfish Seabirds are found with their stomachs full of plastic items Plastic debris can get lodged in coral and ...

Plastic is a global problem ... as native African mealworm larvae have been found to be capable of eating and breaking down polystyrene. The House just voted 'yes' on a bill that would increase ...