Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

The BP oil spill is introducing oil and methane gas into ... Also at risk are seafloor benthic communities. The sea floor in the vicinity of natural oil and gas seeps is home to diverse ...

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 ...

He would learn later about the oil-covered birds, the dead dolphins and sea lions — casualties of a pipeline that ruptured and spilled more than 120,000 gallons of crude oil along the Gaviota ...

The ecological disaster involving two aging Russian tankers off Crimea is escalating, with the oil spill spreading to the beach, Russian authorities have confirmed ...