Sea turtles are one example of a creature that regularly consumes plastic trash for dinner, and a new study offers up new answers as to why revealing that they can mistake the smell of plastic for ...

We know that plastic pollution continues to build up in the ocean at alarming rates, and we know this poses a risk to the creatures that call it home, but scientists continue to dive into the ...

Plastic Pollution and Small Juvenile Marine Turtles: A Potential Evolutionary Trap. Frontiers in Marine Science , 2021; 8 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.699521 Cite This Page : ...

This "olfactory trap" might help explain why sea turtles are prone to eating and getting entangled in plastic, say US researchers. Plastic debris is rapidly accumulating in the oceans.

“This ‘olfactory trap’ might help explain why sea turtles ingest and become entangled in plastic so frequently,” says Joseph Pfaller, a biologist from the University of Florida who worked ...

Plastic Creates 'Evolutionary Trap' for Young Sea Turtles Aug. 2, 2021 — Plastic pollution creates an 'evolutionary trap' for young sea turtles, new research shows.

Small juvenile sea turtles from the Pacific and Indian Oceans have a very high occurrence of ingested plastic, a new study shows. The life cycle of marine turtles might "trap" juvenile turtles in ...

Plastic debris poses a threat to around 700 species of marine animals, including sea turtles and whales, through ingestion and entanglement, according to the study.

Plastic creates ‘evolutionary trap’ for sea turtles, study suggests ‘Hatchlings generally contained fragments up to about 5mm to 10mm in length, and particle sizes went up along with the ...