Discover why this massive, deep-diving sea turtle that survived the demise of dinosaurs is now struggling to survive the ...

A rescued turtle expelled plastic pollution that it had swallowed in the sea. Turtle 919 was rescued and transported to the Turtle Hospital at the Oceanografic's Animal Recovery and Conservation ...

The reason is that once a piece of plastic is in the ocean, microscopic animals, plants, and even algae begin to make a home on or in the plastic. This releases smells that sea turtles associate ...

Additionally, animals such as sea turtles, dolphins, and seabirds can become entangled in plastic debris, causing injuries, drowning, or hindering their ability to hunt for food.

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up Photographs and video by Edu Ponces/RUIDO Photo Story by Angela Dewan, CNN Published April ...

The majority of plastic pollution in the ocean is caused by improper disposal of food wrappings, plastic bags, bottles, etc. According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution.

We are living in a single-use plastic society where we can’t escape plastic, and neither can marine animals," she said in an email statement. "Tragedies in the ocean often go unobserved, and the ...

- [Ana] Plastic pollution is really becoming one of the highest pressures ever in the ocean. This is a silent threat. - [Narrator] Plastic pollution can impact marine life in two ways.

A sea turtle hatchling that washed ashore on a Florida beach and later died had more than 100 pieces of tiny plastic in its intestinal tract, according to a local nature center. The tiny turtle ...