In the deep recesses of a Canadian mine, geochemist Barbara Sherwood Lollar stumbled upon the find of a lifetime: water ...

Riley was trapped in an old water well that went down about 10 feet. She was standing on her hind legs, clawing at the wall of the shaft and trying to keep her head above water.

An 82-year-old oil well that broke loose last month and spewed oily water into the fragile coastal marsh of Plaquemines Parish will be permanently shut and sealed off, the owner-operator said ...