Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.

US President Donald Trump reversed a target set by his predecessor Joe Biden to eliminate plastic straws across government ...

Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself. That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of ...

Sea Turtle Oversight Protection and Turtle Island Restoration Network filed a notice today of their intent to sue the federal government for failing to protect green sea turtle habitat, which faces ...

It was a baby otter drinking a bottle! The little guy was really digging his delicious treat. And so were people on the ...

Ditch plastic and switch to reuse ... responsible for massive amounts of water use, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and habitat destruction. So when you choose to eat more plant-based foods and ...

Incineration of plastics releases harmful toxins and contributes to air pollution. Plastic waste in oceans harms marine life through ingestion, entanglement, and habitat destruction. Microplastics ...

Human activities are threatening the health of the world's oceans. More than 80 percent of marine pollution comes from land-based activities. From coral bleaching to sea level rise, entire marine ...

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers ... krill and their habitats are ...

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa recently discovered that many species of fungi isolated from Hawai‘i’s ...