Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cleaning up plastic trash on coastlines can save seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals from harm. Rodolfo Benitez During our ...

A plastic cap from a snack pouch is being blamed for the choking death of a 7-year-old sitatunga antelope named Lief at a private zoo in Tennessee. Brights Zoo in Limestone says it bans many products, ...

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 research has found that even small amounts of plastic can be deadly to seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals. While previous research has established that plastic can lead to mortality in many ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a... Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine ...