The amount of snow the Gulf Coast States received makes this weather system the worst winter storm in over 120 years. Before 120 years ago, record keeping was unreliable or not recorded at all.

For years, as disputes over names on the map riled up nationalist passions in several parts of the world, US policymakers have watched warily, trying to stay out or to quietly encourage peace. "For us it is still the Gulf of Mexico and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico,

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba.

Gus Bilirakis and Vern Buchanan expect the President to protect the Gulf Coast, but Earthjustice won't take any chances.

Airports are readying for major disruptions in Texas, Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast before anticipated wintry blast.

Snow and sleet started falling in Texas as officials begin to close schools and airports. Snow and ice could bring major travel disruptions and power outages from Texas to Florida.

The SS United States was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef. But Coast Guard concerns have complicated the trip south.

A snowstorm of historic proportions walloped the Gulf Coast this week, delivering travel-snarling snow from Texas to the Carolinas and breaking records that have stood for more than a century. At least nine people have died across the central and eastern United States,

The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been for four centuries, or the Gulf of America,

Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

One U.S. hummingbird species truly hunkers down for the winter, and that’s the Anna’s Hummingbird. In the early 1900s, they lived solely in Mexico and southern California, where summers are dry, hot, and unfavorable; because of that, the species evolved to breed in the milder winter.