A kingfisher has drowned after flying into a oil spill on a canal waterway. According to eyewitnesses, the bird dipped into the Stroudwater Canal in Stonehouse, but struggled to get out after oil got on its feathers.

Russian investigators have determined that an oil spill from two tankers in the Black Sea last month was smaller than initially thought, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday.

A dolphin rescue center in Russia says 32 dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait near the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula

In a heartbreaking scene, some 32 dolphins have washed up on a beach near Russia. The cause for this tragedy was down to a major oil spill with Russian President Vladimir Putin calling it an "ecological disaster".

An oil spill in the Black Sea is believed to have resulted in the death of over 30 cetaceans, including several members of an endangered subspecies. The spill, which occurred after two Russian oil tankers were damaged in a storm in mid-December 2024,