How the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will impact wildlife preserves

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has already had a devastating impact on oceanic wildlife. It also occurred alongside land of great natural beauty and biodiversity, with a number of vital wildlife preserves…

Pelicans Brought to Miami to Escape Oil Spill

A group of pelicans saved from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have come south to Miami for a little R & R…

Historic oil spill fails to produce gains for U.S. environmentalists

For environmentalists, the BP oil spill may be disproving the maxim that great tragedies produce great change. Traditionally, American environmentalism wins its biggest victories after some important piece of American environment is poisoned, exterminated or set on fire…

Kill Baby Kill – BP Oil Spill Closes In On Gulf Coast

Unified command activated for West Coast of Florida: Reps from BP, U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are meeting to plan multi-agency response…

Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore

Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into marshes, never to be seen again…

Gulf Wildlife Rescue Efforts Only Just Beginning

Scientists and volunteers have been waiting since the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill began to start rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife…

66 new oiled birds at rescue center, more expected

Wildlife rescuers brought in a dramatic influx of 66 oil-coated birds between Thursday night and Friday morning, equaling the total for all six previous weeks combined since the start of a vast oil spill offshore…

Dying, dead marine wildlife paint dark, morbid picture of Gulf Coast following oil spill

Here’s what President Obama didn’t see when he visited the Gulf Coast: a dead dolphin rotting in the shore weeds…

Chile’s Earthquake Animal Victims Still Need Your Help

An evacuee camp in Talquahano wants to kill all its companion animals. People who lost everything in an 8.8 earthquake and tsunami can’t feed themselves. They don’t want to watch their animals starve…