After decades of impacting sea turtle populations, straws are now posing risks to humans. This video explores the evolving threat of plastic straws and their environmental implications. #Environmental ...

In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide and countries and cities started banning them, starting with the Pacific Island nation ...

Plastic straws take at least 200 years to decompose and pose a threat to turtles and other wildlife ... and plastic waste in oceans harms sea life, said Spinelli. There are also health reasons ...

In response to the devastating fires in California earlier this year, the hardwood industry is rallying to educate consumers ...

When sea turtles nest, they come out of the ocean to lay their eggs. They crawl across the beach toward the dunes behind to ...

The city’s litter all ends up in landfills and not in green spaces or the sea. This means that in reality, paper straws in Hong Kong already share the same fate as plastic ones, she said.

What Do Sea Turtles Eat? Sea turtle diets vary widely based on the species. The typical sea turtle that comes to mind is the green sea turtle. Green sea turtles eat mostly algae and seagrasses ...

(Some cities and states have banned plastic straws over concerns that they could too easily enter the oceans and harm sea life.) In York, the prohibition on plastic straws will pertain to local ...

They found that almost all of them had ingested plastic in large quantities. Deceased post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtle next to plastic pieces found in its stomach and intestines. Gumbo Limbo ...