TAMPA, Fla., May 20 (Reuters) - A record dolphin die-off in the northern Gulf of Mexico was caused by the largest oil spill in U.S. history, researchers said on Wednesday, citing a new study that ...

Sea turtles, meanwhile, saw huge declines due to the oil spill, with an estimated death toll of 4,900-7,600 large juvenile and adult sea turtles and 56,000-166,000 small juvenile sea turtles.

Thousands of gallons of oil spilled into the water in Baltimore's Harbor East area Wednesday afternoon from diesel tanks supplying fuel to the Johns Hopkins Hospital care facilities, officials said.

July 1970: Oil gushed for one hour from vents on an overflowing barge at Shell’s marine terminal at Wagner’s Point. The slick from the 67,000 gallon spill spread 15 miles.

Although the amount of crude oil currently leaking out of the well is not yet known, a report from the U.S. Coast Guard's National Response Center earlier this week said "the amount discharged ...

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Dump trucks line up to receive loads of dirt at the site of a cleanup operation May 16, 2025, following a blowout and spill at a Chevron oil facility near Galeton, Colorado.

While the long-term effects of Wednesday’s 5,000-gallon oil spill in the Baltimore Harbor are unknown, the city’s jewel has seen much worse. In August 1975, a Shell Oil barge leaked 135,000 ...