Plastic waste releases a chemical that can confuse ocean animals, change hunting behavior, and disrupt marine food chains.

Plastics shed thousands of chemicals into the sea, including oleamide – an industrial lubricant that also occurs naturally. In lab aquariums, researchers tracked 31,500 hunting interactions between ...

More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics ...

More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics accumulate in coastal ...

Researchers took a close look at 878 fish caught off remote Pacific islands and found that nearly one in three had microplastics in their digestive tracts. These weren’t lab specimens—they had been ...

The world’s high seas — international waters beyond any country’s control — have long been exposed to overfishing, shipping, and plastic pollution.

Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a ...

Every egg case examined contained plastic particles, raising urgent questions about how pollution may be affecting sharks ...

When researchers set out to measure tiny plastic fragments in Arctic waters, they expected to find pollution that had drifted thousands of miles from populated coastlines. What they discovered instead ...

The Federal Ministry of Environment on Monday, February 16, 2026, convened key stakeholders in Abuja to validate a landmark ...

The planet won’t look like this forever. A future supercontinent could unleash brutal cold, rising heat, and even a wave of ...

In Brazil, there is an interesting myth: if you jump seven little waves during New Year's Eve and ask for your wishes for the ...