Previous research found that insects can ingest and absorb pure, unrefined microplastics -- but only under unrealistic, food-scarce situations. Zoologists have now tested mealworms in a more realistic ...

Plastics pervade all aspects of the food chain. They’re used to wrap our vegetables at the supermarket. They house tea leaves we dunk into cups of hot water with abandon. They’re even fed to animals.

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Toronto (CTV Network) — A study led by Stanford University researchers has found that blue whales can eat up to 10 million pieces of microplastic daily. The study, published in Nature Communications, ...

The researchers attach a tag to the back of a blue whale off the coast of California - Copyright AFP Sajjad HUSSAIN The researchers attach a tag to the back of a blue ...

Once invisible to most, microplastics have become one of the biggest health and environmental concerns of 2025 — showing up ...

Scientists have revealed which countries have the highest consumption of microplastics through our food and through the air. So how does the U.S. compare? Microplastics refer to any plastics smaller ...

(Reuters) - Microscopic pieces of plastic have been discovered in the most remote locations, from the depths of the ocean to Arctic ice - and in our bodies as we breathe in and eat microplastic, and ...

We know that marine animals of all sizes are inadvertently consuming plastics as they move through the ocean, but what does this diet look like for the largest of them all? To answer this question, ...