If these animals are included in the tally, we can estimate that up to 25,900 marine mammals may have been harmed by the oil spill. It’s difficult to conceive of how many fish have been killed by the ...

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

but is the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico just a sacrifice zone, then?” asked Don Boesch, a marine scientist who served on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill ...

Oil Spill Awareness Quiz, Part 1 You know that the Gulf of Mexico is now the scene of one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, but how much do you really know about oil spills?

Russia warned on Saturday of severe environmental damage from a huge oil spill in the Black Sea caused when two tankers collided in a storm near Crimea, which declared a state of emergency.

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A construction vessel leaked oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa this week but caused no environmental damage, according to Japan’s ...

Oil spills have impacted marine life in recent years. Last year, an oil spill that leaked more than 34,000 gallons out in a southern Louisiana bayou killed at least 17 aquatic salamanders and ...

Florida Democrats are hailing President Joe Biden’s announcement on Monday that he will permanently ban future offshore oil and gas drilling off of Florida’s Gulf Coast, a long contentious issue that ...