The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

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

Fishermen from Falcón State in north-western Venezuela, recorded a video of an oil spill that is the 70th that has occurred ...

A fun-size crustacean with a cartoonish face has smitten the internet with enamored viewers dubbing the critter the “cutest ...

Gulf Shores residents and visitors will soon be able to visit critical habitat for the Alabama Beach Mouse and other species that use Little Lagoon, with construction of a new park getting underway ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed oil spill booms at the San Isidro River in San Pedro City, Laguna after 1,000 ...

The Gulf Coast disaster shouldn't stop the United ... oil jeopardizes our security far beyond the cost of a potential oil spill in financial terms and loss of life," Angle said.

The oil spill is affecting entire ecosystems, and is a threat to humans, as well. Image: Russian Emergencies Ministry/dpa/picture alliance Looking to the upcoming summer, Simonov said that the ...

Two years earlier, comedian Stephen Colbert had joked on his show that, following the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it should be renamed “Gulf of America” because ...

At present, ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico are being exposed to an oil spill larger in magnitude and scope than any previous spill. Deepwater Horizon — an ultra-deepwater drilling platform ...