Thriving microbe communities living in the most-polluted spots in the US offer insight into how to clean up the mess of ...

VENICE, La. - An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control with a faint sheen washing ashore along the Gulf Coast Thursday night as fishermen rushed ...

The Exxon Valdez oil spill dumped about 11 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean near Alaska, devastating hundreds of thousands of animals. Dubacher said 20 bald eagles were brought from ...

This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan wildlife and spurred reform.

The fallout from the North Sea oil tanker collision on March 10 may have you reflecting on other significant man-made environmental disasters ...

The spill is not the biggest ever in the Gulf. In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters — the Ixtoc I — blew up, releasing 140 million gallons of oil.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 caused extensive environmental and economic damage, emphasizing the need for better prevention and response strategies.

The Exxon Valdez hits the Bligh Reef, splitting its side open and releasing gallons of crude oil into the sea. About 1,300 miles of coastline is contaminated as a result of the spill.

Local News 14 years since Deepwater Horizon oil spill Eleven workers died on the rig in what would become the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.