In the photo above, hundreds of plastic bottles were found in Honduras. Birnbaum said the Holy Turtle contraption is about 3 feet tall, with half of it sitting underwater while it is in use.

When the researchers examined the turtle at the Fukui museum, they found the plastic sheet measuring 106 centimeters by 118 cm and a PET bottle label, written in Japanese, stuck between its ...

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.

In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage ... food and beverage containers — water bottles, takeout containers, coffee lids, straws ...

Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make drinkers happy, there are many alternatives to returning to plastic.

The turtle writhes in agony ... PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN LEHMANN On Okinawa, Japan, a hermit crab resorts to a plastic bottle cap to protect its soft abdomen. Beachgoers collect the shells the crabs ...

Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles, it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic ...