A barge hit the Pelican Island Causeway Wednesday morning, damaging a portion of the bridge and causing an oil spill in the bay, according to the Galveston County Sheriff's Office. The Gulf ...

Crews continue to work on the bridge, including attempts to clean an oil spill caused by the crash. Pelican Island is home to the university, maritime business offices and tourist attractions.

BP oil spill continues to harm wildlife—especially dolphins Critical pelican nesting ground restored, 10 years after BP oil spill Critical pelican nesting ground restored, 10 years after BP oil ...

During the oil spill, about one-third of the Gulf of Mexico’s waters ... Another species whose success story may have been turned on its head is the brown pelican. Delisted in 2009, the brown pelican ...

But just five months after the brown pelican was delisted throughout its range, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill placed the eastern subspecies back in grave danger. The majority of eastern brown ...

In 2010, 134 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging an environmental habitat area larger than the City of Houston. Pelican Island barge crash's marine life impacts being ...

Monday marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the largest ever spill in U.S. history at the time. The nearly 1,000-foot namesake tanker carrying tens of millions of gallons of oil ...

The Line 6 spill has raised concerns about when the public should be notified of a spill, as well as why the initial report was so inaccurate.

For the first time in 75 years, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on Louisiana's uninhabited Chandeleur Islands despite being written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles ...