The world's oceans are warming up - and mankind is to blame, according to a scientists' report.

Computer models show the black ooze in the Gulf of Mexico may have already entered a major current flowing towards Florida and the Atlantic Ocean.

Obama has pledged to end the "cosy relationship" between the oil industry and federal regulators.

Top executives from BP and two other firms involved in the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico came under fire at a US Senate hearing.

Emergency crews are desperately trying to put together a new plan to stem the flow of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico

The most detailed account yet of what led to the deadly explosion on a BP oil rig that has left the US' coast exposed to millions of litres of leaking oil.

The US Coast Guard has successfully completed a controlled burn of a portion of the oil slick off the Gulf Coast.

Fisherman and seafaring residents of the Louisiana shoreline despair as a vast oil slick approaches.

Hawkes Bay coastal residents are allowed to return home after high waves prompted evacuations.

Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales.

The NZ Government has called for restraint after an anti-whaling protest vessel and Japanese harpoon ship collided in Antarctica yesterday.

The crew of a NZ trimaran harassing Japanese whalers have been rescued after a collision between their boat and a Japanese ship.