This is the story of the “Grey-Head.” It’s but a single member of a large family of albatross called Diomedeidae. Major research studies published recently, warn of twin threats facing the already-endangered bird. Each is different. Each is insidious. In general, the albatross carries higher burdens of mercury in its body than any other bird […]
A recent study out of the Journal of Arid Environments is stating that 1% of camels in the United Arab Emirates are dying due to ingesting plastic pollution. As has also been found with marine life and seabirds, the ingested plastic builds up in the digestive system of camels, leading to a range of health […]
A recent report from the International oceanic advocacy group, Oceana, has singled out Florida as having more incidents of wildlife being harmed by plastics in the ocean than anywhere else in the United States. Ocean’s report discovered evidence of nearly 1800 marine animals becoming entangled in or swallowing plastic debris in the ocean dating back […]
Two scientists, David Duffy and Catherine Eastman, at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience and Sea Turtle Hospital at the University of Florida, wrote an article on EcoWatch about the ubiquity of plastic in the oceans and the harm it brings to sea turtles. Source: Oceana/Youtube Turtles face a variety of threats, including conservation […]
London squirrelsare now using plastic to build their nests, according to South West News Service (SWNS) reports. Henry Jacobs caught images of squirrels riffing through plastic scraps as part of building their nests. Jacobs said in an interview, “When I first saw it, I didn’t know what I was looking at I knew it was […]
More animals are being harmed because of our plastic habits. In a northern Scottish Island, a sperm whale washed up onto the beach with 220 pounds of plastic in its stomach. The whale beached itself and died December 5, where it was later found by researchers. When a necropsy was performed on the whale, researchers […]
Distressing photographs have emerged that shows two desperate polar bear cubs fighting over plastic they found in a remote part of Alaska. The upsetting images by Danny Sullivan show the cubs battling it out over the plastic pollution as they get increasingly hungry waiting for the arrival of this winter’s sea ice. The ice is […]