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The history of the Gulf of Mexico is often times relegated to the footnotes in history textbooks. It’s a wrong that historian Jack Davis said he hopes...

The entire fracking process creates waste, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. And a lot of the activity is concentrated in the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico, which is home to several endangered and threatened wildlife species.

The standoff over Iran's nuclear program has created tensions in the region. But the Americans and their allies say the anti-mine maneuvers will promote stability.

British oil company BP agreed to pay $4 billion over five years to mostly government environmental agencies, and $525 million to settle claims with the Securities and Exchange Commission. BP will also plead guilty to 11 felony counts of misconduct or neglect related to the deaths of 11 people who died in the accident.

Two systems are currently of interest in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.

Hurricane Ivan reaches Cuba packing winds of up to 160 mph, skirting the island nation's western tip as it heads north toward the Florida Panhandle. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Hugh Willoughby, former director of NOAA's hurricane research division.

President Trump pledged to change the name of two natural landmarks in his second inaugural address. Can he do that?

A shift to the west is seen in the latest Tropical Weather Outlook issued by the National Hurricane Center.In Thursday's 2 p.m. report, the NHC said that a well-defined tropical wave, named Invest 97, is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Southeastern Bahamas, and the adjacent waters of the southwestern Atlantic and northeastern Caribbean Sea.

Researchers in Florida received funding from the federal government to restore seagrasses in the Gulf of Mexico. The goal is to protect about 30 acres of…

Energy companies secured access to 1.6 million acres of waters offered at auction. It's the second time this month that the administration has opened federal territory for new fossil fuel drilling.