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

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 ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

The Gulf of Mexico’s waters are filled with marine life, from endangered sea turtles to majestic whales, but it’s no secret ...

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

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

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 ...

Ropes and fishing gear used in the fisheries and aquaculture industries are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and littering along the ...

Marine biologists diving in the Gulf of Thailand were thrilled in 2023 to rediscover several colonies of a rare type of ocean ...

A wide range of species, from the hard corals that build crucial reef habitats, to crabs, marine snails and schooling ... of a new treaty to stop plastic pollution. According to Salisa, a major ...

Here are five more ways that humans have scuppered the love lives of animals.