Animals that hunt in the dark with sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids BEAUFORT, N.C. -- To whales that hunt with soundwaves in the lightless depths of the ocean, a torn plastic party ...

Plastic pollution is worse because of global warming, with killer whales and sharks most vulnerable, new research warns. Increased toxicity from waste plastic in a warmer climate is highly likely to ...

"The situation with [them] can serve as a cautionary tale." Scientists notice behavior shift in isolated whale species first ...

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A young whale whose carcass washed up in the Philippines died of "dehydration and starvation" after consuming 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of plastic bags, scientists have found. Marine biologist and ...

When Christine Levett published "The Whale that Protested" (published by Xlibris NZ) in 2014, plastic-choked beaches and ...

Editor's note: The photos in this story may be disturbing to some readers. A museum in the Philippines made a startling discovery when working to determine how a whale died recently. The D' Bone ...

A small piece of plastic — no larger than a baseball — can be enough to kill an adult Florida manatee, according to new ...

Samples of plastic beach trash collected in Beaufort and Atlantic Beach, North Carolina and then subjected to underwater acoustic testing. Echo-locating whales may not be able to tell the difference ...