A billion birds flying straight towards the growing oil spill. July 1, 2010— -- For months, a small army of specialists has been working feverishly to save the birds of the Gulf of Mexico. The ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California has forced Huntington Beach and activities scheduled to take place in the region to shut down. A leak from an ...

Birds were found covered in oil on the Refugio beach. — -- Two days after a ruptured pipeline leaked an estimated 21,000 gallons of oil off the California shore, wildlife -- including pelicans -- ...

HELPING OUT AS WELL. SO THIS IS A GOSLING AND IT’S COVERED IN OIL. IT’S ALL HANDS ON DECK ALONG THE INNER HARBOR AS CREWS WORK TO CLEAN UP THE OIL SPILL AND SAVE WILDLIFE. THAT INCLUDES MARYLAND’S ...

ON BARATARIA BAY, La. — The wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that everyone has feared for weeks is fast becoming a terrible reality. Pelicans struggle to free themselves from oil, thick as tar ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — One of the largest oil spills in recent Southern California history fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before ...

Pacific Wildlife Care responded to a seabird called the common murre suffering from chemical burns caused by naturally-occurring oil in Morro Bay on March 7, 2025. Jim Winkle A penguin-shaped seabird ...

A sign and barbed wire fence block an entrance to the Village Creek Drying Beds in Fort Worth on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. The beds, once a popular spot for birdwatchers, have closed due to a nearby oil ...

Crude oil pools at the site of a damaged pipeline north of Lake Arlington on May 8, 2025. The leak of 2,600 barrels occurred two days prior and contaminated wastewater in the Fort Worth sewer system.

The effects of an oil spill are wide-ranging, environmentalists said. Birds that get oil on their feathers can’t fly, can’t clean themselves and can’t monitor their own temperatures, Sakashita said.