Plastic packing straps were found constricting the necks or bodies of seals and sea lions, naturally curious animals who may have gotten entangled while trying to play. Manatees ingested lots of ...

Animals Eat Ocean Plastic Because it Smells Like Food. A new study sheds light on why so many seabirds, fish, whales, and other critters are gobbling up so much marine plastic debris.

As plastic waste infiltrates every corner of the planet, scientists have discovered that some animals are evolving to survive — and even thrive — in plastic-polluted environments. Certain ...

Basically once the plastic enters an animal, the plastic is in the process of being digested. So whether that's in the stomach itself or, in the case of sea birds, they have a second stomach like ...

Worldwide plastic waste has more than doubled since 2000, figures show – but two-thirds of Brits (67 per cent) are unaware of the impact this is having on working animals overseas. With an ...

Some cats like plastic because the texture feels interesting and makes crinkling sounds. Offer your cat other, safer toys to play with whenever you catch her pouncing on the plastic.

We collected over 2,000 invertebrates and soil samples from 51 sites in Sussex, England. The sites covered farmland, grassland and suburban areas. To trace how plastic might move through the food ...

“Plastic pollution is one of the many environmental threats facing working animals, alongside climate change, drought, cyclones and flooding. "However, the deadly impact these issues have on ...

This harrowing video of donkeys desperately scavenging for food in temperatures as high as 40 degrees has been released to highlight the devastating impact of plastic pollution on working animals.

Worldwide plastic waste has more than doubled since 2000, figures show – but two-thirds of Brits (67 per cent) are unaware of the impact this is having on working animals overseas.