How do you take apart a whale? With flensing knives, meat hooks, plastic sleds and a crowd of people. On Thursday, dozens of volunteers gathered on the Anchorage mudflats to cut apart the 47-foot-long ...

Microplastics are in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. Here are 5 ways you can reduce your exposure.

Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics that we all consume When Amy Lusher moved in ...

Sea turtle biologist and New York University Professor Genia Naro-Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make ...

Discover the most surprising facts about dolphins, including their intelligence, social behavior, hunting techniques, and ...

When whales get hurt or sick, it doesn't just affect the animals. State wildlife officials issue urgent warning after discovery of dead whale: 'Exercise extreme caution' first appeared on The Cool ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in whale organs, raising concerns about plastic pollution's impact on marine life. With plastic waste now threatening ecosystems, some argue that dumping ...

They need this energy for an amazing journey: As Costa points out, baleen whales migrate thousands of miles to their winter breeding grounds in the tropics—without eating. For example, gray whales ...

They need this energy for an amazing journey: baleen whales migrate thousands of miles to their winter breeding grounds in the tropics—without eating. For example, gray whales travel nearly 7000 miles ...

IF you drink from a plastic water bottle or eat leftovers from plastic containers, you might want to think again. There’s a growing body of evidence to suggest that microplastics - which seep ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin) A jogger is silhouetted while running on a jetty at sunrise over the ...