A new study suggests that ingesting even a single piece of plastic can be deadly for sea turtles. Researchers found there was a one in five chance of death for a turtle who consumed just one item ...

PAPER straws. In a PLASTIC cup! Can you believe it? Totally ridiculous. And then, you go to the beach, where all the sea turtles are (we love the turtles, don’t we?), and the street vendors?

On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist uses pliers from a Swiss army knife to try to extract a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril. The turtle writhes in agony, bleeding profusely.

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.

Narrator: You've probably seen this video. That's a plastic straw being pulled out of a sea turtle's nose. The video went viral in 2015 sparking a public outcry to "say no to plastic straws." ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Sea Turtle Oversight Protection and Turtle Island Restoration Network filed a notice today of their intent to sue the federal government for ...

Sair Khan, a local resident, shared his observations: “Previously, there used to be many turtles basking in the sunlight along the riverbanks. However, the plastic waste and toxic drainage water ...

But for the sea life affected by loose plastic or trash that gets into ... "You never know when a sea turtle is going to end up hurt, or struck by a boat, or sick because it decided to ingest ...