The ocean’s plastic problem goes deeper than you might have realized. Scientists using underwater robots in the waters off California’s central coast found that plastic debris has infiltrated ...

Why do marine animals eat plastic? ... And plastic comes on top of other stressors affecting life in the ocean—climate change, overfishing, shipping traffic, noise pollution.

As plastic waste infiltrates every corner of the planet, scientists have discovered that some animals are evolving to survive — and even thrive — in plastic-polluted environments. Certain ...

A whale in Virginia swallowed a DVD case, which lacerated her stomach. It's just one of the hundreds of examples of animals consuming plastic in U.S. waters in recent years.

Animals Eat Ocean Plastic Because it Smells Like Food. A new study sheds light on why so many seabirds, fish, whales, and other critters are gobbling up so much marine plastic debris.

As in previous years, cigarette butts—which contain plastic filters—topped the list with about 5.7 million collected. The Top Five were rounded out by food wrappers (at more than 3.7 million ...

Top 5 Plastic Waste Items Found on Beaches—The Worst Is Not What You Think. ... or even be confused by marine animals for jellyfish. 3. Beverage Bottles—21,810,732 items.

What: A new PSA that takes an artistic approach to telling us that more than 1 million marine animals die every year from plastic debris. Who: Sea Shepherd, Fred & Farid, New York Why we care: At ...

Thousands of plastic bottles are overflowing from a creek. Soccer balls and basketballs are piled on top of the bottles, with no one to play with them in sight. Nearby, a broken stove is sitting ...