However, none compares to the world's largest oil spill caused by the US in the Gulf of Mexico, the likes of which ... are extinct from the region or are now only found in small numbers is unknown.

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

On the walls of the largest "war room," huge video screens flashed spill maps and response ... term decline in shallow-water oil production. The Gulf of Mexico now accounts for 30 percent of ...

When I first ventured into the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s ... Rivers that once nourished the Gulf with vital nutrients now carried toxic loads of pollutants, forming massive "dead zones." ...

We have all been reading about the blowout that led to huge fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Now there is news that there is a huge oil spill coming ...

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...

The widespread pollution from the BP oil spill caused fishing closures across 88,500 square miles. The Gulf of Mexico is home to more than 500 fish species, with new species continuing to be ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Oil began leaking from a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico on May 11th, but it has received a surprisingly low amount of coverage. This is what it ...