In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

Sea turtle biologist and New York University Professor Genia Naro-Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make ...

However, the cause of death remains unclear. In some cases, sea turtles die of starvation when plastic garbage obstructs their digestive tracts, making them unable to absorb nutrients. But the ...

Every receding tide leaves behind a technicolor band of plastic trash. “Marine debris has been a huge problem for the park since I arrived here in 1980,” said Donna Shaver, the longtime chief of the ...

So far this year, 148 stranded sea turtles have been reported from Brevard, according to data from the Florida Fish and ...

That's a plastic straw being pulled out of a sea turtle's nose. The video went viral ... So they end up in the trash and eventually in landfills. So frustrating. I know. Another place straws ...

The marine debris display was heartbreaking and made me want to walk the beach more often so I can pick up garbage to protect ...

On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist uses pliers from a Swiss army knife to try to extract a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril ... They listen for garbage trucks and find much of ...

Trash, holes in the sand and other obstacles can also prevent sea turtle hatchlings from reaching the water once they emerge from their nests. A Loggerhead Sea Turtle hatchling makes it's way to ...