Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists removed 778 pieces of plastic from a single 11-week-old Sable Shearwater chick. - Alix de Jersey On a remote, ...

The birds have plastic making up about 20% of their body mass, which can cause the birds to crunch when both dead and alive Scientists say they found one bird with 778 individual pieces of plastic ...

On a remote Australian island renowned for its natural beauty, researchers have made a grisly discovery: Seabirds have ingested so much plastic they crunch when touched. The “harrowing” finding of ...

Poking out of the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand is a crooked, crescent-shaped volcanic remnant called Lord Howe Island. The rocky isle, which is 10 kilometres long and 2 kilometres ...

(CNN) — On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal-clear ocean live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. They have bellies so full of fragments, they crunch when ...