After a series of delays, everything finally seemed set. The SS United States looked like it was ready to make its last voyage – from Philadelphia to the Gulf of Mexico. But wouldn’t you know ...

You might be hearing about the gulf off the coast of the U.S. and Mexico. Here's what to know about the body of water the size of Alaska.

After months of planning and building, a metal cockroach is finally fulfilling its purpose: sitting at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to serve as a fishing reef.

The SS United States’ final journey from Philadelphia to the Gulf Coast has been delayed. The nation’s flagship and historic ocean liner was originally scheduled to depart Pier 82 on Nov. 15 ...

The 150-foot tug boat that the cockroach is welded to will be towed 20 miles south of Pascagoula and sunk 90 feet to the sea floor.

Although most of the 4,000 shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico cannot be identified, researchers believe that some of them may hold valuable clues about the region's history.

Two men stranded in the Gulf of Mexico live to see another day after being rescued by a Carnival Cruise Line ship on Monday, according to a press release.

It required seven people aboard two separate boats to haul in the giant blue marlin, which is a potentially record-breaking catch.

Two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person from waters off the Louisiana coastline, the Coast Guard said.