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Wednesday, August 11, 2010  Shoots of marsh grass and bushes of mangrove trees already are starting to grow back in the bay where just months ago photographers shot startling images of dying pelicans coated in oil from the massive Gulf oil spill.

Friday, July 30, 2010  Workers at the private Circle D Wildlife Refuge in Kalamazoo County say Friday they've received 15 geese and other birds this week. The birds have come from Calhoun County, where the oil spill is concentrated.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  Volunteers on the Gulf Coast are rescuing and washing as many oil-soaked birds and other animals as they can. But hundreds more are turning up every day. And scientists can't even agree on whether it's worth the effort.

Monday, June 07, 2010  Some seafood inspectors working along the Gulf of Mexico are picking up a new skill to keep oil-tainted seafood from consumers.

Friday, May 28, 2010  A thick, 22-mile plume of oil discovered by researchers off the BP spill site was nearing an underwater canyon, where it could poison the foodchain for sealife in the waters off Florida.

Monday, May 24, 2010  The gooey oil washing into the maze of marshes along the Gulf Coast could prove impossible to remove, leaving a toxic stew lethal to fish and wildlife, government officials and independent scientists said.