BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — This week marked 16 years since the BP oil spill tragedy, which killed 11 people, spewed 130 million gallons of oil into the Gulf and crippled the ecosystem. Gulf Coast marks 16 ...

Scientists monitoring the deep ocean near the disaster site found that animal populations declined by as much as 80 percent, ...

In a deep, dark part of the Gulf of Mexico, the number of marine animals plummeted by about 60% in the years following the ...

A multi-method study found persistent declines of about 60% to 64% among major deep-Gulf animal groups following the 2010 ...

Alabama and Louisiana may sue the oil company under general maritime law for punitive damage, negligence and product liability, but not for civil penalties under the Outer Continental Shelf Act as ...

When thousands of tons of crude oil rupture into the ocean, it turns into a ticking time bomb. Oil has a lower physical density than seawater, causing it to float on the surface. Currents and wave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fireboats pour water on the flames of the Deepwater Horizon drilling structure on April 21, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Cathelco, part of Evac Group, has won an order to deliver marine growth prevention system (MGPS) for a new multi-purpose oil spill response and towage vessel being built for the Kuwait Oil Co.The ...

Venezuela’s oil revival promises prosperity, but Lake Maracaibo’s fishermen face ruined nets, longer trips, and unreliable refrigeration. Their struggle raises a harder question: will recovery repair ...

"Small businesses should not be left to absorb the financial damage caused by an emergency they did not create." ...