Rare whales can die after becoming entangled North Atlantic right whale ‘likely to die’ after becoming entangled, says NOAA 01:30 Researchers in Hawaii say they are “surprised and saddened” to find plastic objects and other marine debris in the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale that washed up on a reef at a Kauai park. … Read more
Rare whales can die after becoming entangled North Atlantic right whale ‘likely to die’ after becoming entangled, says NOAA 01:30 Researchers in Hawaii say they are “surprised and saddened” to find plastic objects and other marine debris in the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale that washed up on a reef at a Kauai park. … Read more
Researchers in Hawaii say they are “surprised and saddened” to find plastic objects and other marine debris in the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale that washed up on a reef at a Kauai park. The whale carcass was discovered in Lydgate Park on January 27. Heavy equipment was used to transport it to the … Read more
HONOLULU (AP) — A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part from eating large amounts of fish traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, emphasizing the threat to wildlife millions of tons of plastic that ends up in the oceans every year. The body … Read more