Mexico’s threatened totoaba fish is making a comeback thanks to a public-private effort that included the recent release of ...

A striking, silver-colored fish commonly kept as an aquarium pet has been hiding in plain sight in the Philippines' largest ...

The Gulf of Mexico is a large basin with around 617,800 square miles of water. The area supports diverse marine life, including many species of sharks. There are around 24 different species of ...

President Donald Trump’s first-term push to open the Gulf of Mexico and other federal waters to fish farming has come to a halt in the early days of his second term.

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission will change all mentions of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" in official records. The change follows an executive order issued by ...

According to calculations by Sovereign Limits, a database of international boundaries, the United States lays claim to 46 percent of the gulf, while Mexico lays claim to 49 percent. Maritime zones ...

Now that "Gulf of America" is the official name of the body of water to our west, a Florida state senator has filed a bill to update all "Gulf of Mexico" references in state law. There are a lot ...

The Coast Guard seized almost 1,600 pounds of illegally caught fish and nine sharks when they detained fishermen in U.S. waters in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, according to authorities.

The gulf is also home to some of the oldest creatures on earth: black corals. They have been found at over 2,000 years old, according to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

The Gulf's shoreline is about 3,540 miles ‒ more than half of it bordering Mexico's coast, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, although that does not account for the myriad bays and ...

Trump is not the first to suggest it. In 2012, former U.S. Rep. D. Stephen Holland of Mississippi proposed a bill to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America." ...

Trump directs US maps to change name from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America Trump said during his inauguration address, minutes after being sworn in, he would sign an executive order to rename the ...