The Galveston Bay oil spill is having an impact on the wildlife on the Bolivar Peninsula, even as no oil has been spotted on the beaches. A 2,000 acre bird conservation area that sits at the end of ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- The discovery of an oil sheen off the coast of Huntington Beach nearly a week ago prompted the immediate response of local, state and federal agencies. It included ...

BARNSTABLE - Staff at the New England Wildlife Center are hard at work cleaning dozens of birds after 100 gallons of oil spilled into Boston's Muddy River earlier this week. At the center in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The first oil-covered birds were found at Cannon Beach and Manzanita Beach on Sunday, May 19. Since then, 10 birds covered in oil have been spotted between Long Beach and ...

A thick oil slick off the shore of Estonia could kill as many as 35,000 birds, far more than previously feared, as freezing seas hamper rescue and recovery efforts, bird experts said on Monday. Around ...

Dr. Erica Miller, left, and Danene Birtell of Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research (Alex Brandon/AP photo)The first birds covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster are receiving care now.

Birds that get oiled can die from being too cold, or too hot, because the crude oil interferes with the natural oils that make them waterproof. That means their sensitive skin is exposed to extremes ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. — After weeks of cleaning, rehabilitation and medical monitoring, four birds that had been found ailing from oil exposure in Gulf Shores waters were released Saturday beside Shelby ...

Recent storms have rocked the sunken steamer Jacob Luckenbach 17 miles southwest of the Golden Gate, dislodging oil still onboard that killed more than 100 birds. Bird rescue experts with the Oiled ...