Scientists have discovered a double environmental breakthrough - how to capture carbon dioxide by using heat-treated plastic waste. The breakthrough came from boffins at Rice University, in the city of…
People are eating the equivalent of one credit card every week in their diet, a new study into the effects of plastic particles on human health has revealed. The particles…
This huge, venomous spider from the tropics with the likeness of a skull on its back has been found in a box of bananas at a German supermarket. The discovery…
Microscopic pieces of plastic from European cities such as London and Paris have been detected in the Austrian Alps at about 3,106 metres above sea level. Recent measurements taken at…
This is the inspiring moment a British sea turtle that made international headlines by expelling over 10 different types of plastic is finally released back into the wild together with…
A turtle rescued from a fishing net has defecated over 10 different types of plastic. The juvenile green sea turtle was taken to the rescue and rehabilitation centre of the…
This is the moment locals laugh and grab themselves a free meal as they stuff fish into a sack that had fallen off the back of a lorry and ended…
An elderly Israeli building manager has burned the rent money she collected from her tenants to a crisp after bleaching the banknotes and putting them in the microwave to kill…
The largest funnel-web spider ever seen by staff at the Australian Reptile Park has been handed in by an anonymous donor so that it can be milked to extract venom…
This is the moment hungry mountain goats eat plastic waste left by thoughtless campers in a Kazakh national park. The incident was filmed by hiker Anuar Issayev, age not disclosed,…