However, I was equally shocked to come across pellets that albatross chicks had regurgitated just before they fledge and to find in amongst it evidence of plastic ingestion. The chicks get the ...

Raw scenes like this, which lay bare the toll of plastic on wildlife, have become familiar: The dead albatross, its stomach bursting with refuse. The turtle stuck in a six-pack ring, its shell ...

"And what’s sad is that the plague of plastic is as far-reaching as these seemingly pristine environments." It's not known how many albatross chicks in Antarctica die from plastic pollution ...

Pillière said the death of a chick from ingesting plastic in 2023 had prompted her to drastically reduce her household’s plastic use. The royal albatross has also crept into her work as a ...

An albatross picks its way across a beach strewn with plastic waste, pecking at a faded bottle cap it has mistaken for food. Packaging, from bags to bottles, makes up a huge proportion of the ...