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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Plastic bag bans have spread across the nation, but data in some area finds that switching to more durable, multi-use bags creates some new problems.

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.

Marine animals that usually live only in coastal areas of the western Pacific Ocean have been found living and reproducing on plastic debris on the high seas – in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ...

The finding could be particularly useful in combating plastic pollution in Africa, the researchers noted. The continent is the second-most plastic-polluted continent in the world, despite ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (WKRC) - A black bear was found dead in a plastic bag near a trail Friday. According to a post from the Animal Welfare League of Arlington,at around 8:30 p.m. the organization's ...

Coca-Cola, often criticized for being one of the world’s top plastic polluters, is making changes to the bottles of its namesake soda as part of a years-long initiative to be more ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Charleston County Sheriff's Office investigates a possible animal cruelty case after a badly injured puppy was found. The puppy was found in a plastic bin ...