Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped ...

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, where the numbers are no longer abstract and time is running out to make an ...

Ocean pollution is quietly draining energy from seabirds’ cells, as mercury and forever chemicals disrupt mitochondria even ...

The ocean floor is becoming a massive plastic dump, with debris accumulating in deep-sea canyons and harming marine life. Scientists warn that this hidden pollution, dominated by plastics and ghost ...

Marine pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges. For a country like India, with a coastline ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the research vessel Falkor (too) have spotted rare Antarctic squid, discovered ...

Scientists from around the world are calling for urgent action to protect, restore, and sustainably manage one of the ocean’s least known yet most important ecosystems: the Marine Animal Forests. The ...

Sarah Champion MP discusses the harmful impacts that the grindadráp has upon pilot whales and dolphins across the Faroese ...