Polar bears are rummaging in dumps and ingesting plastic bags, according to new research. An analysis looking at the stomach content of 51 polar bears killed by ...
Parents may want to think twice before allowing their children to let balloons fly off into the atmosphere. When seemingly harmless latex balloons end up in the ...
Scientists knew that sea turtles often swallow large pieces of plastic floating in the ocean, creating swallowing hazards. Now, a team of researchers has found ...
In just one nest, loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nestlings tend to have multiple fathers, according to new research. This is good news, researchers say, ...
In June 2012, 15 months after a magnitude-9 earthquake struck northeastern Japan and sent a colossal tsunami hurtling through the oceans, a 66-foot slab of concrete ...
Researchers at Illinois State University are studying the impacts of BPA, a common chemical found in plastic, on red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta ...