In 1927, three years after the parade launched, Felix the Cat debuted as its first big balloon. Felix was a cartoon cat that ...

Gramma, an estimated 141-year-old Galápagos tortoise, died Thursday at the San Diego Zoo, ending a near century-long chapter ...

Gramma arrived in San Diego between 1928–1931 as part of the first group of Galápagos tortoises to come to the zoo.

The Turtle Hospital will release a rehabilitated 170-pound loggerhead sea turtle named “Molly” back into the ocean on Tuesday ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

A bird advocate says balloons on beaches from Hilton Head Island to Fripp Island are a threat not only to birds but also to ...

To date, every family of marine mammal and seabird and all seven species of sea turtles have been documented to ingest ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

By studying more than 10,000 necropsies, researchers now know how much plastic it takes to kill seabirds, sea turtles, and ...