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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Also meet the Long Beach aquarium's new CEO, who says the aquarium is expanding conservation efforts, including with sea ...

The Minnesota Zoo has a new resident with quite the story of perseverance. Snooki the Loggerhead Sea Turtle is not quite ready for her public debut, but she’s currently getting acclimated in a smaller ...

A rare, prehistoric find on the South Carolina coast baffled beach goers this week. Here’s what to know about the creature.

In a research first, scientists say they studied more than 10,000 marine animal necropsies to calculate how much, or how ...