Shawn Miller of Make The Switch 4 Nature has made it his life’s mission to provide empty shells for the hermit crabs on the ...

A diver was determined to save a small coconut octopus taking shelter in a plastic cup as a replacement for natural ...

A team of students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London has developed a method that turns lobster shells into biodegradable "plastic." Operating under the name The Shellworks ...

The vast majority of the items the researchers saw the hermit crabs using in the photographs were made of plastic Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies ...

Shell describes its new packaging as, "an innovative product called Ecobox, an alternative to traditional plastic packaging for motor oil." Back in 1965, a winemaker in Australia had a novel idea.

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 ...

"It is inevitable that these creatures will interact with and be affected by plastic pollution," she said. The problem is worsened by the fact that hermit crabs don't have a shell of their own.

Packaging made from recycled crustacean shells could reduce the need for plastic wrappings to preserve fresh vegetables, reduce oil consumption and give food a longer shelf-life. Chitosan ...

A team of students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London has developed a method that turns lobster shells into biodegradable "plastic." Operating under the name The Shellworks ...