Scientists have discovered that plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean is now home to marine life. Coastal animals are unexpectedly surviving and even reproducing on floating debris. This new community, ...

It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s becoming something else. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where no ...

Many populations improved because the Marine Mammal Protection Act worked.

As humans make fires on the beach, far-flung plastic that has washed up there melts and fuses permanently with volcanic rocks ...

The United Nations’ High Seas Treaty came into force on Saturday, almost three years after its signing in March 2023 – and ...

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These states have banned them entirely.

Gayle Beatty and her band of researchers are convinced that the hairy beast is alive, well and living just two hours north of New York City.

Algalita Marine Research and Education, a local nonprofit, has revamped its educator mini-grants program to support teachers ...

SEOUL, Jan 4 (Reuters) - North Korea launched ballistic missiles on Sunday, the day the leader of rival South Korea starts a state visit to China, Pyongyang's chief ally, and just hours after the U.S.