Summary

What seabirds eat might seem like a good starting point for identifying species that tend to accumulate plastic in their digestive systems. Yet a recent global analysis suggests that mapping the evolutionary relatives of birds could offer better clues than their diets or feeding methods alone. Researchers at the University of Queensland, London's Natural History Museum and other institutions assembled records covering 93,281 birds belonging to 240 distinct species.

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