A shipping accident in the North Pacific sent thousands of colorful toys drifting across the seas, setting an unexpected ...

In 1992, 28,800 rubber ducks spilled into the ocean, becoming an unlikely tool for tracking ocean currents and plastic pollution.

A cargo ship accident in January 1992 released a multitude of plastic toys into the ocean's depths. Oceanographers seized this unexpected incident as a unique opportunity to study ocean currents and ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch may look like an environmental disaster, but scientists have discovered that it is also home ...

Satellite data suggests water in and around the huge area filled with human-made debris has become more blue-green over the ...

In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, a wide patch of water has become significantly bluer and greener.

The ocean’s blue and green hues near the infamous zone of debris have gotten brighter over the last 20 years, satellite data ...

Scientists now suspect that some of the ocean’s tiniest pollutants may be responsible. A new study suggests that microscopic ...

The duck’s origin story was forged in fire, according to popular lore. Charles Goodyear, inventor of vulcanized rubber, is said to have shaped leftover rubber into a duck as a chew toy for dogs and a ...

Scientists have discovered a remarkable “Pac-Man enzyme” that helps bacteria devour certain types of plastic and may offer new hope in the fight against plastic pollution. Researchers found that ...

With massive heat waves and an intense El Niño reshaping the marine food web along the Central Coast of California, emaciated ...

At least four people have been killed and dozens more injured after a large explosion at one of Canada's busiest military bases. A gas line was hit during a live-fire training exercise at Canadian ...