A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide and countries and cities started banning them, starting with the Pacific Island nation ...