Crews continue to work on the bridge, including attempts to clean an oil spill caused by the crash. Pelican Island is home to the university, maritime business offices and tourist attractions.

A barge hit the Pelican Island Causeway Wednesday morning, damaging a portion of the bridge and causing an oil spill in the bay, according to the Galveston County Sheriff's Office. The Gulf ...

BP oil spill continues to harm wildlife—especially dolphins Critical pelican nesting ground restored, 10 years after BP oil spill Critical pelican nesting ground restored, 10 years after BP oil ...

In 2010, 134 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging an environmental habitat area larger than the City of Houston. Pelican Island barge crash's marine life impacts being ...

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 ...

On Jan. 15, 2022, the largest oil spill in Peruvian history occurred when a pipeline broke during the offloading of oil from a tanker to a refinery owned by the Spanish company Repsol. 11,000 ...

But just five months after the brown pelican was delisted throughout its range, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill placed the eastern subspecies back in grave danger. The majority of eastern brown ...

HOUSTON, July 2 (REUTERS) -Washington was preparing a revised offshore oil drilling moratorium and cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico returned to normal on Friday after hurricane Alex passed ...