A fishing boat captain who became separated from his vessel during Hurricane Milton survived by clinging to a floating cooler ...

A boat captain rode out Hurricane Milton overnight in the Gulf of Mexico before he was found clinging to a cooler around 30 ...

8/2: CBS News 24/7 Episode 1 43:45. More than 4 million acres of marine life habitat have become a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the lives of fish and other marine animals, NOAA ...

The Gulf of Mexico basin formed some 300 million years ago, according to the National Parks Service. Its shallow waters became a natural habitat for many kinds of marine life.

Even with a widespread marine heat wave, not all warmth in the Gulf of Mexico is the same. Some areas are warmer and deeper than others, including what scientists call “ the loop current .” ...

The Trump administration is proposing to hold a sale of oil and gas drilling rights on 80 million acres (32.4 million ...

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a disturbance over Florida stretching over most of the Gulf coast across the state.

After President Donald Trump issued an executive order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quickly jumped on the idea. But actually making the… ...