Florida lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to wipe away the Gulf of Mexico from state laws and educational materials.

Town councils and businesses along the gulf are conflicted over whether and how to ditch “Mexico” in its name.

Here’s where the Tamiami Trail is, what to know about its history and why the Florida senator that proposed its name change dropped the bill.

A fishing vessel immortalized in literature makes a historic return to the Sea of Cortez to retrace the voyage of John Steinbeck and Ed "Doc" Ricketts.

Ventilation is an important process within the global ocean, where waters sink to deeper layers, are transported by deep currents, and eventually get upwelled back to the surface. This process affects ...

American access to the Panama Canal, one of several new directives outlined in what amounts to a major overhaul of US ...

DOHA, March 9 (Reuters) - Qatar's prime minister has warned that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would "entirely contaminate" the waters of the Gulf and threaten life in Qatar, the UAE and ...

The natural phenomenon where fish and shellfish gather at the shoreline, called a Jubilee, only occurs in two places, Tokyo and Mobile Bay. “I’ve done a lot of ...

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A new model demonstrates that the alga was brought to the tropics by strong currents, and thrived in ideal growing conditions.

After supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad launched attacks on the new Syrian security forces late last week, Syria saw its worst wave of violence since Assad's fall in early December.

UN experts have accused Israel of committing sexual violence in Gaza, targeting hospitals and civilians, disproportionately affecting women and children. Israel rejects the UN's findings, labeling ...