The researchers collected tissue samples and scrutinized the level of abnormalities. They also counted the amount of plastic in the birds digestive system, weighing it and organizing it by size.

University of York. (2016, March 2). What happens to pharmaceuticals in the digestive system of a bird?. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 03 ...

As the world’s most plastic-contaminated bird silently suffers from a novel disease, recently coined by scientists as ‘plasticosis,’ researchers have sounded the alarm about the detrimental ...

Migration Takes Guts: Birds Modify Digestive Physiology During Migration. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2003 / 07 / 030708092108.htm ...

Termed plasticosis, the disease is caused by small pieces of plastic inflaming the digestive tract. It is thought that seabirds eat the plastic when fishing and then accidentally feed it directly ...

About 120 million years ago, a bird dunked its beak into the water, caught a fish and, after digesting the meal, coughed up a pellet full of fish bones. The bird died moments later, but now its ...

This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic consumption can cause serious damage to these birds’ digestive system.” Though the scientists ...

"This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic consumption can cause serious damage to these birds' digestive system." Read more: Melting ...

The researchers from Tohoku University in Japan say that 15 percent of snails, known as Tornatellides boeningi, survive a bird's digestive system. The snail's ability to pass through the gut alive ...

“While these birds can look healthy on the outside, they’re not doing well on the inside. This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic ...

The tough little egg made it all the way through the digestive system of a coscoroba swan like this one. TonyBaggett / iStock. Killifish eggs are known for their resilience: They’ve been found ...

It is estimated that there are 30 million tonnes of plastic waste in the world’s oceans, with a further 109 million tonnes in rivers that will continue to leak into the sea for decades.