Thai marine park officials are on the hunt for a visitor who was caught on camera feeding a plastic wristband to a sea turtle. If caught, the culprit could be looking at a fine and even jail time. A ...
Imagen CC BY-ND Plastic pollution has been found in practically every environment on the planet, with especially severe effects on ocean life. Plastic waste harms marine life in many ways – most ...
This baby loggerhead turtle - a fairly rare visitor to the country - was found on Tokerau Beach, in the Far North, earlier this month. A baby loggerhead turtle was far from home and in distress when ...
Every load of laundry sends tiny plastic fibers down the drain. These fragments, shed from synthetic fabrics, slip through ...
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 ...
New study highlights ‘grave, growing’ danger of plastic pollution to world’s health In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on plastic ...