As recently as the 1960s, perhaps later—within the life span of Tom Hanks, and within a few years of when the world was using its very first ATMs and contraceptive pills—nearly all of the planet’s sea ...

For years, marine biologists have called for a ban on plastics, having witnessed firsthand the devastating impact on marine life. However, their pleas largely fell on deaf ears, given how cheap ...

Nine years ago, in August 2015, Christine Figgener posted a video of her team removing a plastic straw from the nostril of a turtle. It went viral. Christine is a friend of mine and fellow marine ...

The Center for Coastal Studies said its Marine Animal Entanglement Response team disentangled a leatherback sea turtle in the Cape Cod Bay on Sunday. The sea turtle was dragging a buoy line of fishing ...

MOC Marine Institute Stranding Response & Rescue Team responds to sea turtle stranding calls across the island of Maui. Illegal gill lay nets are one of several leading causes for sea turtle ...

KWS warden and fishermen carrying a group of two days old turtles at the Nyali beach during the World sea turtles day in Mombasa county. [File, Standard] At least 28 sea turtles die every month along ...

A Good Samaritan called it in. A giant leatherback sea turtle was struggling in the waters of Cape Cod last Thursday. Scientists and staff from the New England Aquarium Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean ...

In Sri Lankan waters, there’s a growing problem of ghost nets that are entangling sea turtles, fish, dolphins and seabirds, reports contributor Malaka Rodrigo for Mongabay. “Ghost nets” are fishing ...