For years, marine biologists have called for a ban on plastics, having witnessed firsthand the devastating impact on marine life. However, their pleas largely fell on deaf ears, given how cheap ...

All over the world, sea turtles are swallowing bits of plastic floating in the ocean, mistaking them for tasty jellyfish, or just unable to avoid the debris that surrounds them. Now, a new study out ...

A matured Loggerhead Sea turtle released by staff from Local conservation makes its way back into the ocean, in Watamu on May 23, 2025. [AFP] A small charity on Kenya’s coast has become vital to ...

Dead sea turtles have been discovered with a vast array of plastic waste inside their bellies, with one unlucky reptile having swallowed a rubber witch's finger. Of a total of 135 loggerhead turtles ...

The ocean is awash with plastic—more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals get tangled in plastics or swallow them, the chemicals released by the stuff ...

The use of cameras by wildlife authorities is one of the best ways to document wildlife sightings, particularly of rarely ...

Nine years ago, in August 2015, Christine Figgener posted a video of her team removing a plastic straw from the nostril of a turtle. It went viral. Christine is a friend of mine and fellow marine ...

Off the coast of Lebanon, a routine sail in November turned into a rescue when a floating object in the Mediterranean ...

This is the heartbreaking moment a sea turtle tried to eat a piece of plastic floating around an aquarium. The endangered green sea turtle at Sea Life Bangkok spotted the transparent piece of trash ...