A sperm whale which died after stranding on the Isle of Harris had a 100kg "litter ball" in its stomach. Fishing nets, rope, packing straps, bags and plastic cups were among the items discovered ...

A dead sperm whale washed ashore with a shocking amount of plastic waste in its stomach, including everyday items like ...

Plastic sheeting was found in the stomach of the whale A sperm whale washed up on a beach died with plastic sheeting in its stomach, a post-mortem examination has found. The animal was first ...

The stomach was trying to absorb it any way possible ... further highlighting potential future harm to marine life. Last April, a male sperm whale beached off the coast of Spain with 64 ...

When an emaciated dwarf sperm whale calf washed ashore on ... a large plastic bag was discovered in the main stomach of the ...

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell ...

A sperm whale found dead in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg of plastic waste, including 115 cups, in its stomach, park officials said on Tuesday. The 9.5m whale was found in waters ...

the rotting carcass of a sperm whale was found floating near the shores of Kapota Island. It's what was inside its stomach that's most disturbing: 25 plastic bags, 115 disposable cups ...

AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A dwarf sperm whale with a large plastic bag in its stomach was euthanized after it was washed ashore on Butler Beach in St. Augustine in September. On Sept. 16, a beachgoer ...

Because of how they eat, Wimmer said it's not uncommon to see sperm whales with plastic and gear in their stomach. She said, however, that the amount of debris extracted from the whale exceeds ...