The team found that younger turtles are at a higher risk of dying from exposure to plastic than adults. The authors say their research raises concerns over the long term survival of some turtle ...

The St. Johns County Beach Services department posted an image of the dead turtle. Plastic debris was discovered in its mouth and tightly wrapped around its front flipper. Maggie Boselowitz ...

On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist uses pliers from a Swiss army knife to try to extract a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril. The turtle writhes in agony, bleeding profusely.

This is the heartwarming moment beachgoers saved a sea turtle tangled in old fishing nets. The couple were walking along the beach when they came across clumps of fishing net debris scattered along ...

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.

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 ...

Narrator: You've probably seen this video. That's a plastic straw being pulled out of a sea turtle's nose. The video went viral in 2015 sparking a public outcry to "say no to plastic straws." ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Sea Turtle Oversight Protection and Turtle Island Restoration Network filed a notice today of their intent to sue the federal government for ...

But new research from the CSIRO and Queensland Department of Environment has revealed a grim reality — juvenile turtles are dying before they reach adulthood at contaminated sites. Lead research ...

The team found that younger turtles are at a higher risk of dying from exposure to plastic than adults. The authors say their research raises concerns over the long term survival of some turtle ...