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Scientists analysing the guts of dead sea turtles in the Mediterranean discovered hundreds of plastic items including bottle tops, chewing gum wrappers and a rubber witchs finger.

An emaciated whale washed ashore in Nova Scotia earlier this month. It weight at least five tons less than the average adult due to a giant clump of plastic hindering its ability to consume food.

Researchers from the Spanish National Research Council hope the breakthrough will lead to new natural and cost-effective ways to deal with plastic pollution.

Plastic waste dumped in landfills could be disposed of sooner than expected, after engineers developed an enzyme that can break it down in just a few hours.

A team from the University of Texas in Austin created a new enzyme variant that can supercharge recycling on a large scale, reducing the impact of plastic pollution.

Explorer Victor Vescovo, Founder of Caladan Oceanic, was joined by Dr Osvaldo Ulloa, Director of the Instituto Milenio de Oceanografia on the epic voyage.

The research by Nottingham University Business School suggests the massive decline in plastic bag use in the UK may have little to do with shoppers worrying about the environment.

Vescovo reached the bottom of the Kermadec Trench in the South Pacific at the weekend. In doing so, he completed a goal of diving to the four deepest known areas on Earth.

The giant but elusive creature, which was first officially documented in 1899, was filmed using a deepwater robot by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, between California and Hawaii, is creating opportunities for coastal species to greatly expand beyond what we previously thought was possible, researchers say.