Plastic pollution, from the Great Pacific garbage patch to plastic showing up in the food chain, is known to be a major problem. Researchers have now found that even in pristine environments like the ...

A new study from Ocean Conservancy is sounding a stark warning about the deadly impact plastic pollution is having on Florida’s most iconic marine life.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People walk by a giant sand art depiction of a humpback whale and calf filled with plastic on the beach in Whitby, England, in ...

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic end up in oceans across the world. Unable to distinguish that trash from natural food sources, many marine animals end up ingesting it. While ...

“While these birds can look healthy on the outside, they’re not doing well on the inside.” “While these birds can look healthy on the outside, they’re not doing well on the inside,” Dr. Alex Bond, who ...

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...

A plastic cap from a snack pouch is being blamed for the choking death of a 7-year-old sitatunga antelope named Lief at a private zoo in Tennessee. Brights Zoo in Limestone says it bans many products, ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a... Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine ...