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

Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

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 ...

Shell reported an oil spill on Tuesday at Ogale, near Port Harcourt, after a saver pit overflowed during flushing operations ...

(Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via Associated Press) An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm ...

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

YENAGOA, Nigeria, Jan 21 (Reuters) - An ongoing oil spill at a wellhead and subsequent fire in Buguma community in Nigeria's coastal Rivers state has entered its fourth week, with no immediate ...

(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 ...

They assumed they had insurance coverage in the event of an oil spill, but were shocked to discover they didn't. Neevin Clow said the Waites' story left him worried about what kind of coverage he ...

and contractors installed an oil fence and an oil absorption mat to recover the spill, according to the release. Recovery work was successfully completed at 1:10 p.m. An investigation is underway ...

(AP) — An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm-stricken tankers continues to spread a month after it ...