Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

In a research first, scientists say they studied more than 10,000 marine animal necropsies to calculate how much, or how little, plastic can be fatal to sea birds, sea turtles and mammals like ...

A rare young pygmy sperm whale dies after swallowing a plastic bag: an exceptional case that highlights the alarming impact ...

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

New research has found that even small amounts of plastic can be deadly to seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals. While previous research has established that plastic can lead to mortality in many ...

A new study shows that very small amounts of plastic can kill marine animals and that fragments now appear in common foods ...

Researchers examined more than 10,000 animal autopsies to figure out how much plastic is too much for ocean wildlife ...

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

I used to think of ocean plastic as a slow, vague threat—something that chokes turtles and whales only after years of ...

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

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...