Highlighting the growing problem of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, whales swimming off the California coast are ingesting millions of tiny pieces of plastic every day, a new study led ...

To find food in the dark, deep-diving whales, like sperm whales, pygmy sperm whales and goose-beaked whales, send out clicks and buzzes from a vocal cord-like structure near their blowholes. These ...

Why would an apex ocean predator eat gloves? Or rope? Or plastic cups? How does a whale end up with more than 200 pounds of waste in its stomach? In November 2019, a young sperm whale was found ...

Plastic pollution in our oceans is reaching alarming levels, as shown by a tragic incident in Indonesia. A dead sperm whale washed ashore with a shocking amount of plastic waste in its stomach ...

To whales that hunt with soundwaves in lightless ocean depths, a torn plastic party balloon and a delicious squid may appear remarkably similar, according to a new study.

A recent survey suggests that every hour people around the world discard 5.7 million toothpaste tubes, 570,000 cell phones ...

A separate anti-pollution project is focused on one plastic perpetrator in particular: drinking straws. Strawless Ocean, an effort by the Lonely Whale Foundation, works with restaurants and coffee ...

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.

To whales that hunt with soundwaves in the lightless depths of the ocean, a torn plastic party balloon and a delicious squid seem to be remarkably similar, according to a new study that put some ...

To whales that hunt with soundwaves in lightless ocean depths, a torn plastic party balloon and a delicious squid may appear remarkably similar, according to a study. Underwater acoustic testing ...