A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating ...

The United States has expanded its underwater territorial rights by more than one million square kilometers, securing ...

They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...

Mexico City, Mexico — Officials said a train accident in southern Mexico killed at least 13 people and injured dozens, halting traffic along a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of ...

An 11.5-foot, nearly 800-pound great white shark named Ripple is breaking new ground by venturing deep into the Gulf of Mexico. His movements mark some of the first documented tagged white sharks to ...

One of the most anticipated sales of the year just happened, but we're not talking about Happy Honda Days. Thirty energy companies on Wednesday made more than 200 bids for space in the Gulf of Mexico ...

WASHINGTON – Oil companies offered $300 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region under Republican efforts to ramp up U.S. fossil ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Five Kemp’s ridley sea turtles returned to Gulf waters Sunday morning after months of rehabilitation at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. The IMMS team released the ...

During his remarks to military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico several weeks ago in late September, Donald Trump ranted about the Gulf of Mexico (or the "Gulf of America" as he still wants to ...

If the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has its way, a huge swath of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, long considered off limits, will be opened to offshore drilling. A map released Nov. 20 includes a ...