A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. A study published today reveals yet another hidden source of this deadly ...

Did anyone from Philly bring trash down the Shore? Fess up! With city workers on strike over Fourth of July, a couple have ...

Researchers have measured toxins in scat samples from 205 bowhead whales from the Beaufort Sea, collected over 19 years, and ...

Meet the resilient creatures that call the Pacific Garbage Patch home. Discover how they adapt, survive, and even thrive in this massive ocean of plastic waste.

As the world’s shark population continues to rapidly decline, Hollywood is now looking to makeover the image of the ocean’s ...

How a professional ship-sinker is about to turn a famous ocean liner into the world’s largest artificial reef The SS United ...

As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

The lining on the inside of a nonstick pan is made of plastic. When heated, it can release toxic fumes; when scratched, it ...

Plastic waste pollutes oceans across all regions of the world. Marine animals may become entangled in larger plastic debris ...