But typically the consumption of plastic just leads to chronic, unrelenting hunger. Some animals now live in a world of plastics—like these hyenas scavenging at a landfill in Harar, Ethiopia.

For animals that rely on open waters for food, plastic pollution disrupts their natural feeding habits and can even entangle ...

In Southeast Asia, a number of endangered marine animals killed with large amounts of plastic in their stomachs have been reported by the media. In June, a Pilot whale was found beached in Songkhla, ...

Two people arrested in connection with the death of a bulldog left in a sealed plastic crate this summer pleaded not guilty to animal abuse charges on Monday. Isaac Laushaul Jr., 32, and Markeisha ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...