MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui ... stuck between its stomach and duodenum. The findings showed that leatherbacks may accidentally ...

“The journey of that Halloween toy—from a child’s costume to the inside of a sea turtle—is a fascinating glimpse into the life cycle of plastic,” s a id Dr. Emily Duncan from Centre for ...

Rescuers at Indonesia's Wakatobi National Park were stunned to find roughly 13 pounds of plastic debris inside a 31-foot ...

It's what was inside its stomach that's most disturbing: 25 plastic bags, 115 disposable cups, 4 plastic bottles, 2 pairs of thongs and a nylon sack containing more than 1,000 pieces of string ...

Raw scenes like this, which lay bare the toll of plastic on wildlife, have become familiar: The dead albatross, its stomach bursting with refuse. The turtle stuck in a six-pack ring, its shell ...

A 25-year-old green sea turtle in Thailand needed surgery after 915 were pulled out from her stomach. Tourists had been throwing them into her pool for good luck and she had been swallowing them ...