A 2017 survey revealed that over 1,000 sea turtles die each year after getting entangled in trashed plastic such as ghost nets or floating debris. "Plastic rubbish in the oceans, including lost or ...

The team found that younger turtles are at a higher risk of dying ... to document the threat to animals who become entangled in plastic and drown, determining the impact of consumed plastic ...

The turtle writhes in agony ... of marine animals have been reported—so far—to have eaten or become entangled in plastic. We don’t fully understand plastic’s long-term impact on wildlife ...

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.

It was the hawksbill turtle that did it. In 2017, Blue Planet footage of a turtle entangled in a plastic sack, later freed by a cameraman, seemed to herald a shift in our relationship with plastic.

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled in it. Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific ...

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled in it. Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific ...