Volunteers helping to clean up a major oil spill along Russia's Black Sea coast appealed in a video ... and local authorities were overwhelmed. The pollution, which has coated sandy beaches ...

For decades the Black Sea has been treated as a dumping ground ... Tony-nominated theatre maker Whitney White reimagines Shakespeare's plays by infusing them with gospel and rock.

The thick oil slick on the water’s surface endangers the growth and development of marine life, both at sea and along the coastline. For example, oil sticks to a bird’s feathers, causing them to mat ...

The oil leaked from two ageing tankers that were hit by a storm on Dec. 15. More than 10,000 people have been working to ...