Credit: Peter Clarke/RMIT University/Cover Images Engineers have built a tiny “sea creature” robot that hoovers up oil spills using a filter inspired by sea urchins. Researchers at RMIT University in ...

Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. Satellite ...

The impact of an oil spill caused by an attack on Iran’s Lavan refinery last month has been revealed in a newly released video from Shidvar Island, showing oil washed up on the shore of the nature ...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - A suspected oil spill covering dozens of square kilometres of sea near Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island has been seen on satellite imagery ‌this week. The likely spill - ...

Southern Nigeria’s vast Niger Delta boasts Africa’s most extensive mangrove forests — and some of the world’s largest fossil fuel reserves. Efforts to extract oil and gas have resulted in numerous oil ...

A vast oil spill from a leaking tanker reached Oman’s coastline on Wednesday, its environment agency said. This oil spill threatens to become one of the world’s worst in years after spreading largely ...

The slick, captured in satellite images near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, has raised concerns about the condition of Iran’s oil infrastructure. By Sanam Mahoozi Mira Rojanasakul and Hiroko ...

Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly Sunday to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, due to a suspected leak in an underwater ...