Down in the bayou, the status quo endures. Oil continues to threaten one of America's great natural treasures, a fertile wetland that is both the breadbasket and nursery of the Gulf.
Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 05.25.2011
I've come to one conclusion on the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon ore oil rig: we may be looking at the destruction of some of our most iconic and important coastal wildlife refuges.
HuffPost | Posted 05.25.2011
Today on HuffPost, Dan Froomkin takes a look at the plight of the sea turtles -- arguably the most affected animals from April's BP oil spill in the G...
Scott Dodd | Posted 05.25.2011
OnEarth magazine follows a group of birds through the oil-cleaning process and finds out what it takes to help return them to the wild -- if they can be saved.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
ROCKPORT, Texas — More than five dozen brown pelicans rehabilitated from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been released in Texas. The 6...
Miles Grant | Posted 05.25.2011
Two National Wildlife Federation staffers called the Deepwater Horizon Response hotline yesterday to report oiled wildlife. Neither came away hopeful at getting much of a response.
Miles Grant | Posted 05.25.2011
Plaquemines Parish cleanup crew discovered broken eggs and crushed chicks on Queen Bess Island on Tuesday, and parish leaders are blaming BP workers cleaning up the oil spill for the damage.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011
Photos of oil-soaked suffocating pelicans drifting in pools of oil from the British Petroleum oil disaster have become a heartbreaking symbol of the e...
Miles Grant | Posted 05.25.2011
Remember how marine life off Louisiana appeared to be mistaking oil for habitat? Sounds like the same thing is now happening off Florida.
Miles Grant | Posted 05.25.2011
The oil on Cat Island, near Grand Isle, Louisiana, either arrived before the booms did or got through them. It has been washed about half a foot up above the water line, coating and suffocating plants.
Leda Huta | Posted 05.25.2011
The massive oil spill will continue to pollute the Gulf coast communities, estuaries and marshes. And it will harm and likely kill some, perhaps many, of the area's endangered species.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The post office is taking a dive for its latest postage stamps.
A set of stamps depicting plants and animals that live in the ocean's kelp forest will be released Thursday in underwater ceremonies at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.
The set of 44-cent stamps is the latest in the Nature of America series and the dedication events will be held at 11:30 a.m. EDT at the aquarium's kelp forest display.
The stamps feature the brown pelican, Monterey turban snail, brooding sea anemone, treefish, western gull, southern sea otter, red sea urchin, harbor seal, lion's mane nudibranch, Pacific rock crab, jeweled top snail and many other creatures.
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AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The post office is taking a dive for its latest postage stamps.
A set of stamps depicting plants and animals that live in the ocean's kelp forest will be released Thursday in underwater ceremonies at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.
The set of 44-cent stamps is the latest in the Nature of America series and the dedication events will be held at 11:30 a.m. EDT at the aquarium's kelp forest display.
The stamps feature the brown pelican, Monterey turban snail, brooding sea anemone, treefish, western gull, southern sea otter, red sea urchin, harbor seal, lion's mane nudibranch, Pacific rock crab, jeweled top snail and many other creatures.
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Jim Noles | Posted 05.25.2011
Next week, the long-awaited Hawaii state quarter will jingle and jangle into hands, pockets, and coin purses across the United States.
Rocky Kistner | Posted 11.24.2011