The Florida Oceanographic Society welcomed more than 250 new marine animals to the Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center in Stuart. Dubbed “Merry Fishmas,” the celebration took in parrotfish, sharks, ...

For decades, researchers have been documenting death by plastic in marine animals. They have reported it in the gastrointestinal tracts of nearly 1,300 marine species — including every species of sea ...

Rosie Williams was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). In 2017, a new global treaty was meant to bring mercury pollution under control. But three decades of data from UK harbour ...

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic end up in oceans across the world. Unable to distinguish that trash from natural food sources, many marine animals end up ingesting it. While ...

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...

A new study looking at the impacts of plastic ingestion by seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals found that relatively small amounts of consumed plastic can be deadly. The research analyzed the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea can be fatal to seabirds, new research shows, revealing shockingly ...