Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Dramatic Effect on Stingrays
![Elasmobranchs like the Atlantic Stingray are renowned for their well-developed sensory systems, which are critical to alert them of the presence of predators, prey, mates, and unfavorable environmental conditions. (Photo credit: Stephen M. Kajiura, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Dramatic Effect on Stingrays](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/stingray-newsdesk-1.jpg)
It has been almost a decade since the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. Described as the worst environmental disaster in the United States, nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil oozed into the Gulf of Mexico, severely degrading the marine ecosystem immediately surrounding the spill site and directly impacting coastal habitats along 1,773 kilometers of shoreline. […]