They found plastic in the bellies of chicks less than 3 months old and a dead bird with 778 individual pieces of plastic packed into its tummy "like a brick," according to ecologist Alex Bond ...

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. Scientist say the crisis is getting worse.

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. Scientist say the crisis is getting worse.

The mutton birds have become so full of plastic their bellies crunch and crackle with the sound of it. It is a graphic sound, but one that the Lord Howe Island scientists want the world to hear.

A coot bird in London on a nest made of twigs and trash. Coots are found throughout Europe, and in major cities, they sometimes make nests out of the only available material—plastic trash ...

Arizona Cardinals tight end Tip Reiman is trending on social media over his belief in the conspiracy theory that birds aren’t real. Over the past eight years, a bizarre conspiracy theory has ...

A plastic figurine is placed under the immense force of a hydraulic press, moments before being crushed. The high-pressure experiment showcases how different materials react under extreme ...

Citations A.-F. Hiemstra et al. Birds documenting the Anthropocene: Stratigraphy of plastic in urban bird nests. Ecology. Vol. 106, February 2025, e70010. doi: 10.1002/ecy.70010.

As detailed in a study published February 25 in the journal The Scientific Naturalist, not only has plastic turned bird nests into time capsules, but it might also be fundamentally impacting the ...

A birds' nest that appears to go back 30 years is helping researchers with a new study. For the first time researchers have studied the plastic found in birds' nests to work out how old they are.

Plastic Back, an Israeli startup specializing in low-temperature chemical recycling, is working with an undisclosed recycler based in Connecticut to address hard-to-recycle plastics. The collaboration ...