Glorious oil-painting visuals combined with an eccentric but impassioned political allegory keep this unusual Brazilian animation airborne. As Brazil falls heedlessly into far-right political ...

Back in the days before people understood the prescience of Rachel Carlson’s Silent Spring, and the word “environment” was uttered as infrequently as the word “computer,” it was possible ...

As of Thursday, the Coast Guard said it had recovered 329 oiled birds from Galveston Bay to North Padre Island.Nearly all of them were dead. But Newstead said he has surveyed Mustang Island, about ...

As of Tuesday evening, wildlife officials had collected 28 oil-covered birds from the Orange County shoreline, all of which have undergone cleaning and rehabilitation. Some were released Wednesday.

Oil harms birds in two ways: internally and externally. Oil-soaked birds vigorously preen their feathers to remove the toxic crude, accidentally ingesting it, which can cause internal ailments.