After crews were able to contain the leak, now environmental groups are working to learn if there was any damage done.

For the first time in 75 years, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on Louisiana's uninhabited Chandeleur Islands despite being written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles ...

Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up ...

Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region's ecosystem can be ...

A construction vessel spilled oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa over the weekend.

Two Russian tankers carrying fuel oil broke up in the Kerch Strait in December, spilling fuel into the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Russia has sent clean-up crews to some of the affected areas, ...

(Courtesy: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition) Oil spills can pollute large volumes of surrounding water – thousands of times greater than the spill itself – causing ...

"We are facing many new challenges, with threats of oil spills now affecting both traditional and new regions, including the Arctic," he says. "We need to work with governments and the private ...

“We are facing many new challenges, with threats of oil spills now affecting both traditional and new regions, including the Arctic,” he says. “We need to work with governments and the ...