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 ...

scientists say Green turtles are eating plastic which looks like their diet of sea grass, researchers say. Black bin bags, fragments of fishing rope and carrier bags can all confuse turtles ...

However, the cause of death remains unclear. In some cases, sea turtles die of starvation when plastic garbage obstructs their digestive tracts, making them unable to absorb nutrients. But the ...

Plastic pollution is particularly harmful because fish and other marine life often mistake it for food. Consuming ...

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.

The alarming death of over 1,000 Olive Ridley Turtles on Chennai's beaches has raised environmental concerns. Reports ...

Officials have announced a young sea turtle's cause of death after the creature washed ... mangrove pods, and plastic-based waste, including nylon rope and other materials that were intertwined ...

Wakatsuki said the turtle apparently became tangled in the net and suffocated, which would seem to rule out the plastic bags as the cause of death. From July 1, retail and other outlets are ...

These problems can lead to an animal's starvation and death," he said ... lives of hundreds of turtles,'' he said. Stakeholders have also raised concern over increasing plastic pollution around ...

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit ...