The idea that great whites are suddenly going to start eating people sounds dramatic—but it is not backed by biology or ...

Scientists believe the whale, which beached in Kauai, died from ingesting fishing traps and nets, plastic bags, and other marine debris. The 56-foot, 120,000-pound marine mammal had foreign objects at ...

Witnesses reported seeing a shark breach just offshore at Lovers Point that morning, where Fox was leading a group of about a ...

Researchers at the Czech Republic's Mendel University have discovered that superworms can eat and break down plastic.

Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia have found that there are marine bacteria living in all the world’s oceans that are able to consume and digest ...

Nicole Charky-Chami is a senior editor based in Los Angeles, writing and producing breaking news. She teaches journalism courses for UCLA Extension and previously taught at Loyola Marymount University ...

Plastic pollution is worse because of global warming, with killer whales and sharks most vulnerable, new research warns. Increased toxicity from waste plastic in a warmer climate is highly likely to ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida is wrestling with two major pieces of legislation that could reshape how the state manages its shark populations, even as fishing captains and conservationists square ...

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic end up in oceans across the world. Unable to distinguish that trash from natural food sources, many marine animals end up ingesting it. While ...

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...