The marine environment might recover after each oil spill incident, but too many of such events would compromise its ability ...

Oil spills are catastrophic events that can have devastating effects on aquatic ecosystems and the species that inhabit them. The impact of oil spills extends beyond immediate toxicity to ...

Many of these animals were visibly oiled ... Whatever the cause, the turtles have been rendered more vulnerable to the oil spill effects. Wildlife rescuers collected more than 8,000 birds; tragically, ...

news reports and scientific articles to assess this oil spill’s likely effects. To provide a more accurate death-toll estimate, we used multiplication factors from leading scientists to estimate how ...

The oil quickly reached the coast and spread south, within a few days washing up on beaches more than 50 miles away. The slick was not as large as originally feared, but still harmed and killed ...

is nearly as toxic as it was the first few weeks after the spill.” Although two decades have passed, as much as 16,000 gallons of oil persists in the Sound's intertidal zones, continuing to poison ...

As days go by, more animals are being found ... Not just in the short term, either. Studies of oil spill from years past prove the long-lasting effects on wildlife, which include high death ...

Most of the more than 30 dolphins killed in a Russian oil spill in the Kerch Strait were from the endangered Azov species.

For example, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explained, oil spills can negatively affect local economies and recreational activities, injure animals, and lead to habitat losses.

an animal rescue group said Sunday. Russia’s Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are “most likely related to the fuel oil spill.” The center said on the messaging app ...