But typically the consumption of plastic just leads to chronic, unrelenting hunger. Some animals now live in a world of plastics—like these hyenas scavenging at a landfill in Harar, Ethiopia.

Discover WildScience Plastic Pollution Is Forcing Animals to Evolve — Here’s How Posted: April 19, 2025 | Last updated: April 19, 2025 As plastic waste infiltrates every corner of the planet ...

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland created the first fully synthetic plastic in 1907 ... our bodies and how much do they harm us. Millions of animals are killed by plastics every year, from birds ...

“Claiming plastics are driving climate change disregards the immense role plastics play to combat climate change,” Ross Eisenberg, president of America’s Plastic Makers, wrote in a statement.

But the bad news is that plastic bags are still harming marine life. Many animals try to eat them, mistaking them for food. Image source, Getty Images According to the MCS, animals that eat ...

More than 8 million tonnes of plastic are dumped into the ocean annually, and it's impacting animals in different ways. While sea lions and whales are getting trapped in it, other animals are ...

The research may lay the groundwork for a future pathway to turn plastic into high-value insect protein for animal feeds. "We will also explore the mechanisms of the bacteria in the lesser ...

The findings indicate that the particles are excreted in the feces of marine animals, causing them to be unidentifiable as plastic to the marine environment, but potentially as other organic ...