All nine of California’s Republicans voted Thursday to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. All of the state’s Democrats voted no. The House voted for the renaming by a 211 to 206 majority.

Thousands of marine and land species — 39% of all marine mammal species, 891 types of fish, 154 shore bird species, 115 reptiles species and five types of sea turtles, including the 2,000-pound ...

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) said President Donald Trump was right to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” because, she said, Mexico has been polluting the gulf’s water near San Diego. San ...

Now, Mexican regulators are considering shrinking the area where gillnets are prohibited to the relatively small vaquita ...

When scientists compared what California sea lions eat in the Channel Islands (U.S.) and the Gulf of California (Mexico), they expected to find a clear explanation for why populations were booming in ...

The Interior Department announced a proposal to hold oil and gas lease sales off the coast of California, as well as in new areas of the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The moves seek to open waters along the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sea of Cortez near La Ventana in Mexico. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) As the effects of climate change intensify, it ...