Bay Area environmentalists are declaring war on the lowly plastic straw. Americans use an incredible 500 million plastic straws every day. Even though they are small, straws can create serious ...

Marine animals have become increasingly exposed to harmful plastic pollution (Credit: Alamy) Bloody and in pain, when a plastic straw became lodged in the nostril of a turtle, a video showing its ...

An unlucky turtle caught a lucky break last month when a team of biologists saved him from certain death. An unlucky turtle caught a lucky break last month when a team of biologists saved him from ...

Watch researchers pry a drinking straw from the nostril of an olive ridley sea turtle. Warning: contains graphic content and strong language. In a cringe-inducing video that's gone viral, a team of ...

Christine Figgener poses with a turtle on a mission to rescue females stuck in a nearby river in Ostional, Costa Rica in 2011. Christine Figgener poses with a turtle on a mission to rescue females ...

A marine biologist whose shocking video of a sea turtle having a plastic straw removed from its nostril sparked a global movement to have the single use plastic items banned is grabbing worldwide ...

This distressing footage shows the dangers of plastic and the detrimental effects it can have on marine wildlife if disposed of irresponsibly. A male Olive Ridley sea turtle was discovered with a 12cm ...

A video showing the long, painful removal of a straw from the bleeding nostril of a sea turtle has been posted online to highlight the environmental danger posed by plastic litter. The excruciating ...

A marine biologist whose shocking video of a sea turtle having a plastic straw removed from its nostril sparked a global movement to have the single-use items banned is grabbing worldwide attention ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A group of marine biologists in Costa Rica were horrified to discover an endangered sea turtle with ...