The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas. But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing ...

A sweeping proposal by the Trump administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling could result in more than 4,000 oil ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.-On a picture perfect Monday at Refugio State Beach some beachgoers said they still remember the Refugio Oil Spill like it was yesterday. "I remember coming out here and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the ...

A Santa Ynez Unit offshore oil platform as seen from El Capitán State Beach in southern Santa Barbara County. Credit: Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk file photo Sable Offshore Corp. announced that it resumed ...

Decades of research shows waves, wind and darkness would defeat containment efforts for much of the year, raising questions ...

Rush says ocean can take care of itself. May 3, 2010— -- Scientists and environmentalists scoffed at Rush Limbaugh's suggestion that the ocean would clean up itself following a devastating ...

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, U.S. — Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a finger pointing into the Gulf of Mexico. Past ...

NEW ORLEANS — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (507.2 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the ...

FILE - A plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the ...