A new study shows that very small amounts of plastic can kill marine animals and that fragments now appear in common foods ...

In 2025, more sea turtle nests were recorded on beaches from Longboat Key to Venice than Mote Marine Institute had ever noted ...

Loggerhead hatchlings travel thousands of miles guided by an astonishing built-in navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists trained young turtles to “dance” in response to ...

The first cold-stunned sea turtle of the 2025 stranding season was rescued as the season begins, according to a Nov. 10 community announcement. Mass Audubon, the largest nature-based organization in ...

World Fisheries Day is November 21st! Learn more about what fisheries do and how we can make the fishing industry more ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds ...

By studying more than 10,000 necropsies, researchers now know how much plastic it takes to kill seabirds, sea turtles, and ...

The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, giving them a 90% chance of dying.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle lounges on the reef on the North Shore of Oahu. This story was ...