Despite limiting factors, Marylanders have a greater than normal chance of seeing the northern lights Sunday night. The ...

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The least tern is a small-but-mighty shorebird that nests along the Gulf Coast in Alabama. It's featured as part of the ...

The SS United States—once dubbed ‘America’s flagship,’ and considered an American icon through the 1950s and ’60s—was towed ...

Lisa Gray is the op-ed editor and a member of the Houston Chronicle editorial board. Previously, she's held many of the Chronicle's most interesting jobs: Senior editor for digital, features ...

It is the first day of hurricane season, and there is nothing in the tropics that we are concerned about right now.

DAPHNE, Ala. -- Three nonprofits in the Gulf Coast area received big gifts Friday, altogether totaling $700,000. Gulf Coast ...

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New data from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that several cities along Texas's coast face dangerous sea ...

A wonderful weekend is in store for Southeast Louisiana with much lower humidity in your New Orleans weather forecast!

In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip ...