scientists say Green turtles are eating plastic which looks like their diet of sea grass, researchers say. Black bin bags, fragments of fishing rope and carrier bags can all confuse turtles ...

small lightweight plastic," said Dr Hardesty. "We think that small turtles are less selective in what they eat than large adults who eat sea grass and crustaceans, the young turtles are out in the ...

Studies have shown that plastic has been ingested by more than 700 marine species worldwide, but “not a whole lot is known about plastic ingestion by species in the Gulf of Mexico. Are our turtles ...

The turtle writhes in agony ... PHOTOGRAPH BY SHAWN MILLER “The really sad thing about this is that they’re eating plastic thinking it’s food,” says Matthew Savoca, a marine biologist ...

Within these waters, turtles love to eat jellyfish. But sometimes, when there is a floating plastic shred in the water, the turtle can’t distinguish between the floating object and a jellyfish.

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.