Officials say the change will “align” the agency’s identity with a January presidential order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the ...

What’s in a name? How much does changing the name of a body of water really matter? These are the questions that irked ...

Florida officially recognized "Gulf of America" as the name for the former Gulf of Mexico in state law and public school textbooks. The change follows a federal executive order by President Trump and ...

One morning in early April 2024, Elías Naal Hernández set out with his fishing net to try his luck in the waters of Isla ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is taking a step toward formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on state maps and documents, and it comes in the form of Senate Bill 1717. The bill has ...

TALLAHASSEE — Erasing the Gulf of Mexico from state laws and educational materials won Florida House approval Thursday. The Republican-controlled House passed two bills along party lines to ...

We are that shining city on a hill, as President Reagan said ... that believes we ought to change the name back to the Gulf of Mexico … then again, we’ll have to change everything?” ...

The U.S. Interior Department said on Thursday it has implemented new guidelines for allowable pressure differences in a certain type of oil drilling in part of the Gulf of Mexico, changes it ...

NOAA Fisheries has been tracking the two whales since they entered the Gulf of Mexico in February. NOAA photo The mysterious saga of two “out-of-habitat” whales has taken another strange turn, with ...

BP has made a significant oil discovery at its Far South prospect in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. The exploration well, drilled in Green Canyon Block 584, is located approximately 120 miles (193 ...

But the Gulf of Mexico is quietly making a crude oil comeback thanks to new technologies and cost efficiencies utilizing existing deepwater platforms. The trend continued with Chevron bringing its ...