Fish eat plastic because they’re attracted to the smells it picks up from hanging in the ocean.

New research shows just how many fish are eating plastic Plastic consumption by fish is rising — and is poised only to continue to do so ...

Fish and plastic (Getty Images/Sergi Escribano) Facebook X Reddit Email As an agrarian civilization, almost all of what humans eat is farmed — with the notable exception of seafood.

“Around 2,000 waxworms can break down an entire polyethylene bag in as little as 24 hours, although we believe that ...

Fish can absorb toxic chemicals that have been dumped into waterways, but they can also get them from eating plastic. And there's a lot of plastic in the open ocean, which scientists say can act ...

Fish nurseries on the ocean's surface are home to more plastic than fish, and the fish are eating it.

This isn’t the first time researchers have raised red flags about this kind of issue. Researchers make concerning discovery ...

Why wasn’t this ever mentioned in The Very Hungry Caterpillar? It turns out, some caterpillars aren’t content with eating through apples, salami, and a piece of cherry pie – they're insatiable ...

For newborn fish, to eat is to live another day; if their first meal is plastic, they’re not consuming the calories they need to sustain them until the second.

A recent study published by Portland State University discovered a variety of microplastics in 180 out of 182 tested seafood ...

The fish have eaten the plastic, the squid have eaten the plastic, and then it ends up in the whales. Scientists are learning more about the plastic problem by performing necropsy of dead whales.

A large proportion of fish meant for human consumption may contain microplastics, scientists have found, with one expert saying that the decision whether to eat fish or not was a "personal choice." ...