Algae, plants and bacteria accumulate on ocean debris — emitting odors that cause turtles to confuse it for a tasty snack. Sea turtles already struggled to survive before plastic debris showed up in ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

We know there is a lot of plastic in the ocean, and that turtles (and other endangered species) are eating it. It is not uncommon to find stranded dead turtles with guts full of plastic. But we ...