Recent research reveals alarming levels of microplastics in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening marine life and entering the food ...

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 sharks ...

Critical wildlife habitats are exposed to pollution risk in the seas off the southern United States, with implications for ...

Five rehabilitated sea turtles were released back into the Gulf of Mexico at Inlet Beach in Walton County. The group included ...

Hummingbirds are making pitstops in Tennessee and at your feeders as they make their way to Mexico and Central America for their annual migration.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will delay by two years a final rule designating protections for the endangered Rice's whale in the oil and gas drilling region of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June, has decided to inscribe the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to ...

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 4,402 square miles, 21% smaller ...