During his years of not speaking, Francis earned a PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied oil spills.

In 1995, a research program was initiated to address population-level responses of sea ducks (particularly harlequin ducks and Barrow’s goldeneyes) to the 1989 oil spill off the Exxon Valdez in Prince ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - On March 24 of 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez struck the Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound.

Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Exxon Valdez oil spill were the top media stories in 1989. For the ...

Oil spills are among the most devastating environmental disasters, leaving long-lasting scars on ecosystems. From the 1989 ...

Twenty years ago, the single-hulled Exxon Valdez tanker collided with the Bligh Reef in Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine and ...

According to Defenders of Wildlife, a US NGO, an oil spill in Alaska's North Slope could be the largest crude oil spill since drilling began in the area 30 years ago – second in Alaska only to the ...

For the first time ever, Military Sealift Command is hosting a virtual job fair to reach US Citizens in the Philippines who are interested in a maritime career.

Tim Richardson is the director of government affairs for Wildlife Forever, a conservation charity. He lives in Rockville, ...

showed that addition of fertilizers can increase the rate but not the extent of oil degradation. Trials in Prince William Sound in Alaska, USA, after the Exxon Valdez spill have shown that this ...

and that’s how I happened to volunteer during the devastating Exxon Valdez oil spill. We wanted to trade in a spooky horse, so my sister Miki walked him out on the 150-mile trail while I ran ...

Some of the largest oil spills did not have a major impact because they occurred far offshore. Others which were not quite as large - such as the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska - caused huge damage ...