Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.
You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...
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 ...
Here are five more ways that humans have scuppered the love lives of animals.
With more than 300 victories that stop overfishing, habitat destruction, oil and plastic pollution, and the killing of threatened species like turtles, whales, and sharks, Oceana’s campaigns are ...
The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...
US President Donald Trump reversed a target set by his predecessor Joe Biden to eliminate plastic straws across government ...
Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.