An estimated 248 chronic oiling events took place in marine-protected areas between January 2021 and May 2024. New report uncovers industry's gross underestimation of 'chronic oiling events' — here's ...

This did not actually reduce the amount of oil left in the ocean, but merely broke it ... scientists to estimate how many more animals are killed than are actually observed or collected. We found that ...

“There is a general lack of scientific study, approved protocols, and consensus” on how to prevent animals from entering ...

Tar balls are typically dark, sticky blobs found on beaches after an oil spill. They occur when oil comes into contact with the ocean’s surface ... they may coat animals that come into contact ...

People have been advised not to swim near or touch the debris, which may be the result of a crude oil spill or natural oil seeps from the ocean floor.

Around 25% of fish in the ocean ... previous oil spills around the world have not been in as environmentally sensitive areas, they have still significantly affected marine animals and plants.

Several killer whale calves were spotted “playing” with prey along Monterey Bay last weekend, enthralling wildlife ...

Authorities fear at least 6,000 barrels of crude oil have been leaked into the Pacific ocean during ... damaged by the spill and say they have discovered scores of dead animals covered in oil.

The disaster, which killed 11 people and countless marine animals ... such as beaches and wetlands. Oil spills can cause catastrophic and irreversible damage to ocean ecosystems.

Plans to restart a pipeline in Santa Barbara County have angered residents worried about an oil spill similar to the massive ...

In 1970, as the oil companies were ... unexamined risks of marine spills in the plan. But no one seems to deny that the biggest oversight in the project was the ocean link between Valdez, the ...

Sydney's popular Coogee beach has been closed until further notice after hundreds of strange black balls washed up on the ...