Because the Gulf of Mexico is federal waters, a doctor has plans to open PRROWESS there as a floating facility. This means their programming and procedures will not have state restrictions.

Can Trump change the name of the Gulf of Mexico? Maybe, but it's not a unilateral decision, and other countries don't have to go along. The International Hydrographic Organization - of which both ...

The Gulf of Mexico has been so named at least since the late 1600s, when it was used to describe the body of water that's bordered to the north by the United States' southern coast, from Texas to ...

The International Hydrographic Organization — of which both the United States and Mexico are members — works to ensure all the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and ...

The gulf's shoreline is about 3,540 miles, more than half of it bordering Mexico's coast, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, although that does not account for the myriad bays and ...

The Gulf's shoreline is about 3,540 miles ‒ more than half of it bordering Mexico's coast, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, although that does not account for the myriad bays and ...

On bodies of water, the International Hydrographic Organization is charged with working with its members “to ensure that all the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and ...

The gulf’s name first appeared on maps used by Spanish explorers in the 16th century, well before the founding of the United States. “For us and for the whole world it is still the Gulf of ...

Scientists made an incredible discovery last year: a small, "unique" group of baleen whales in the Gulf of Mexico that make up an entirely new species. The whales — up to 60,000 pounds each ...

The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. The Associated Press refers to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen.

The International Hydrographic Organization — of which both the United States and Mexico are members — works to ensure all the world's seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and ...

The U.S. is part of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), which is an intergovernmental group that makes sure the world's navigable waters are surveyed and charted.