A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

For as long as I can remember, I and everyone else I know have been cutting up those plastic rings that ... wildlife garroted by six-pack rings. A photo of a turtle with its shell deformed into ...

Raw scenes like this, which lay bare the toll of plastic on wildlife, have become familiar: The dead albatross, its stomach bursting with refuse. The turtle stuck in a six-pack ring, its shell ...