The amount of oil spilled from the Japanese-owned ship nearby the lagoons and coastal areas of south-east Mauritius ... So, it's the location rather than the size of the spill which is causing ...

An animal rescue group said 61 dead cetaceans - an order of aquatic mammals that includes whales and dolphins - had been ...

Three years after the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off Mauritius, spilling around 1,000 tons of a new type of marine fuel oil, Curtin University-led research has confirmed ...

The recent oil spill off the island of Mauritius has brought the dangers of moving large quantities of oil by sea back under the spotlight. The Japanese-operated MV Wakashio ran aground off the ...

The dolphins have been dying in an area affected by an oil spill caused when the Japanese ship, the MV Wakashio, struck a coral reef last month. At least 40 dolphins have mysteriously died in an ...

The vessel struck a coral reef on July 25, spilling about 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil and endangering ... impact of the spill is still unfolding, but the damage could affect Mauritius and its tourism ...

Locals and rescue teams joined forces to contain the oil spill from a stranded Japanese tanker off the coast of Mauritius. As aerial video shows extensive damage, the country’s prime minister ...

An ecological catastrophe is unfolding in Mauritius, as oil continues to spill from a Japanese bulk carrier that struck a reef off its coast on July 25, writes Susan Price. Fuel spilling from a ...

“Now this might all be killed again by the oil spill.” A French military transport aircraft was carrying pollution control equipment to Mauritius and a navy vessel with additional material ...

Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves Saturday to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tons of fuel leaking from a grounded ...

As Mauritius battles to contain the spread of oil, putting a price on the potentially irreversible environmental impact will inevitably raise questions. For small states, oil spills are national ...