The ocean is awash with plastic—more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals get tangled in plastics or swallow them, the chemicals released by the stuff ...

A new Ocean Conservancy analysis found widespread plastic ingestion among sea turtles and marine mammals found in Florida waters.

I used to think of ocean plastic as a slow, vague threat—something that chokes turtles and whales only after years of exposure. The latest science is far more blunt: for many marine animals, it takes ...

A mother and daughter made an unusual discovery when walking on a Welsh beach leading to the involvement of an underwater expert.

Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a small group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup efforts.