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.

Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make drinkers happy, there are many alternatives to returning to ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Protect/save the sea turtles!” is a common rallying cry for environmentalists, marine biologists, oceanographers, and others deeply interested in the welfare of these beautiful reptiles. Sea turtles ...

THE green sea turtle that was found dead along the coast of Barangay Tugasan, Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City earlier this ...

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 ... and plastic bags. Some 700 species of marine animals ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

Climate change and human development is also a major driver in the destruction of sea turtle populations and habitats. For example, plastic bags in the water are often mistaken for jellyfish—a ...