On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in ...

A new analysis found that ingesting plastic can disrupt proteins that facilitate key functions in seabirds—the latest in a ...

Researchers found 778 individual pieces of plastic in one bird on Australia's Lord Howe Island Researchers in Australia have ...

Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to have ...

Squeaky stuffed animals are endearing. But when the animal is a real baby bird and its stomach makes crunching noises from all the plastic it has ingested, the endearment quickly turns into a ...

It's home to about 500 humans and 44,000 shearwaters, more commonly known as mutton birds. Just 400 visitors are allowed to Lord Howe Island at any time.(Supplied: Neal Haddaway) The flesh-footed ...

Birds on a remote Australian island are so full of plastic they crunch, British researchers report. They found plastic in the ...

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What’s happening to the birds on Lord Howe Island is “truly troubling,” said Kimberly Warner, senior scientist at Oceana, an ocean conservation organization. Global plastic pollution is only ...