A lot of animals, including shearwaters ... “Fifty years ago there was almost no plastic in the ocean. A large whale can live twice that long,” he says. “In the lifetime of a single whale ...

Thousands to millions of tonnes of plastic enter the ocean annually, but where they end up is poorly understood. Scientists ...

15 (UPI) --Far beneath the ocean waves lies the benthic ... plastic into deeper sediment layers, so the plastic may be less available for other animals on the surface of sediment - they won ...

They ate and lived and died in a plastic-free circle of life. Many of those sea turtles—a group of animals whose life span can reach 100 years—are still alive today. But they no longer live in ...

High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research shows. High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals ...

Plastic debris frequently floats at the ocean’s surface, mixing with food sources, where it entangles wildlife. Entanglement is a huge problem for animals, including seals, sea lions, turtles, and ...

All were found to have creatures that had eaten some form of artificial fibre or plastic, ranging from 50 per cent in the New Hebrides to 100 per cent in the Mariana. Deep-sea animals which will ...

The most common types of plastic posing a threat to animals include bags ... most commonly in the form of entanglement in sea lions and seals and some of the other patients that we see," said ...

"Due to the sheer quantity of microplastics in the ocean, it would be difficult to find any marine animal without plastic particles in its gut or tissues." Of the seafood most likely to contain ...

From the perspective of animals' rights, plastic pollution is ... how "at least 700 species worldwide have been affected by plastic ocean pollution, including 84% of sea turtle species, 44% ...

There's life amid the garbage. 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 ...

A sea lion that was wounded by industrial plastic was returned to sea in Argentina ... Veterinarian Bianca Mancini said the animal was treated with antibiotics and anti-anemics.