NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The effects of the BP oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico and the animals that live in it will take place over years, if not decades, a new report by a prominent environmental group ...

An oil pipeline leak that has dispersed about 1.1 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico could become a greater hazard to wildlife and the general ecosystem if it moves closer to the Louisiana shore, ...

Multiple effects of oil and its components in fish / Christopher J. Kennedy -- Toxicological and physiological effects of the surfactant dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate at varying salinities during ...

SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Pelicans, sea lions and other animals affected by an oil spill off the coast of Refugio State Beach near Santa Barbara will spend the next few weeks in rehabilitation.

BROOKLINE, MASS. (WHDH) - New England wildlife experts have been busy at work, treating dozens of animals affected by the apparent oil spill in Boston’s Muddy River. Emergency teams have been working ...

BOSTON - Preliminary findings suggest that the oil that leaked into Boston's Muddy River from Leverett Pond in Brookline came from a storm drain, according to the Massachusetts Executive Office of ...

HELPING OUT AS WELL. SO THIS IS A GOSLING AND IT’S COVERED IN OIL. IT’S ALL HANDS ON DECK ALONG THE INNER HARBOR AS CREWS WORK TO CLEAN UP THE OIL SPILL AND SAVE WILDLIFE. THAT INCLUDES MARYLAND’S ...

SEATTLE -- Nuka, the aging otter at the Seattle Aquarium, survived one of the ugliest environmental catastrophes. She has battled a startling host of health issues since she was pulled as a pup from ...

Anthropogenic disturbances such as oil spills can cause mortality in benthic infaunal communities, reducing diversity and abundance and impeding sediment ecosystem functions. Sublethal effects of oil ...

The occurrence of several whale and dolphin species in the Gulf of Mexico drastically dropped off in the decade following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The disaster produced a ...

The effects of the chemicals used to contain the BP oil spill worry scientists. July 9, 2012— -- Two years ago this week, the wellhead that ruptured on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, ...