The amount of plastic littering British beaches is at its highest level since records began, according to the Marine Conservation Society. Nearly 4,000 volunteers scoured Britain's beaches as part of the survey (Copyright T Fanshawe) The organisation's Beachwatch 2007 Report shows that plastic litter on beaches has increased by 126% since the annual survey began in 1994. MCS campaigners say the rise is threatening marine wildlife which mistakes the plastic litter for food or becomes entangled in the debris.

The Costa Rican government has directed the protection of beachfront land in the province of Gunacaste, which holds nesting sites of critically endangered leatherback sea turtles, now numbering below

people living in Sipasarubali near the coast in Puri, Orissa, are under threat. Waves have swept away parts of a beach in this popular tourist spot. While local residents are perturbed and visitors

Australian sea beaches have turned blue with huge armadas of toxic bluebottle jellyfish floating ashore. These tiny invertebrates are, however, posing a sting threat to beachgoers and thereby

The Environmental Protection Agency (epa) of Guam, an island in the Pacific Ocean and a territory of the us, has made beach-monitoring signs compulsory. These signs will inform beachgoers how

Elizabeth Demaray, an assistant professor of art at the Rutger's University, New York has taken the help of paleontologists to design plastic shells for hermit crabs. The new forms have been tailored for various body sizes. The new homes offer an internal flange attached to the front opening for the crab to clutch with its holding claw. Similar to the hood-like structure found in a traditional shell, Demaray's shells offers an overhang for additional protection in situations where the body must be extended outside.