They can’t walk on land, so if you see a grebe on land or the beach, something is wrong. They are not supposed to be there,” Masvidal said.

Winkle’s bird was one of two oil-coated murres dropped off at Pacific Wildlife Care on March 7 — one from Morro Bay and the ...

The WaveWalker, my charterboat, was hired numerous times over the years for a photographers’ offshore dream assignment. Swirling oil seeps in the Santa ...

Oil contamination from various human activities (such as oil spills from production, transportation, shipping, and storage) ...