The Washington State Department of Ecology has been working to clean up an oil spill that was discovered in the Black River ...

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

On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow ...

Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.

The Moscow Times explains why the Black Sea oil spill has been so devasting for seabirds. ‘Tip of the iceberg’ Animals, especially seabirds, are facing some of the worst impacts of the oil ...

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local volunteers complain that the government is interfering with their clean-up ...

The source of the tar remained unknown Sunday morning as the Coast Guard investigation resumed. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue ...

Reporter James Amerson snapped this shot of a thick slick of oil on Wednesday, June 23, along Pensacola Beach, Florida. This ...

On February 5th, fishermen in the Gulf of Coro, in Falcón State, observed a new oil spill affecting the coasts, this happened ...

Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of Russia ... Undercurrents spread the spill and can bring oil to the surface, where it traps birds. Local environmentalists immediately ...

A sticky, black substance that washed ashore prompted officials to close a stretch of Fort Lauderdale Beach on Saturday morning as crews worked to determine its source.

The tanker, built in 2023 and sailing under the Antigua and Barbuda flag, had arrived at Ust-Luga on Feb. 6, according to ...