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Sea turtles mistake plastic smell for food

March 16, 2020

Researchers have long known the dangers that plastic debris in the ocean can pose to sea turtles. They can swallow it. They can get tangled in it. But researchers at the University of North Carolina …

The smell of marine plastic may attract seabirds

November 22, 2016

A recent study from the University of California, Davis might help explain why some seabirds eat so much plastic debris. While it’s widely thought that birds visually mistake plastic for food, the study found that …