they'll say it's called the "Gulf of Mexico." "Well, I'd tell him to get in line," said Destin Mayor Bobby Wagner. "We were the first city." Wagner says his city implemented the changes in March.

What’s in a name? How much does changing the name of a body of water really matter? These are the questions that irked ...

Officials say the change will “align” the agency’s identity with a January presidential order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the ...

The bill follows President Donald Trump's executive order that directed federal agencies to change the body of water's name ...

Florida officially recognized "Gulf of America" as the name for the former Gulf of Mexico in state law and public school textbooks. The change follows a federal executive order by President Trump and ...

One morning in early April 2024, Elías Naal Hernández set out with his fishing net to try his luck in the waters of Isla ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is taking a step toward formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on state maps and documents, and it comes in the form of Senate Bill 1717. The bill has ...

TALLAHASSEE — Erasing the Gulf of Mexico from state laws and educational materials won Florida House approval Thursday. The Republican-controlled House passed two bills along party lines to ...

NOAA Fisheries has been tracking the two whales since they entered the Gulf of Mexico in February. NOAA photo The mysterious saga of two “out-of-habitat” whales has taken another strange turn, with ...

But the Gulf of Mexico is quietly making a crude oil comeback thanks to new technologies and cost efficiencies utilizing existing deepwater platforms. The trend continued with Chevron bringing its ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has taken another step toward formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico on state maps and documents. Senate Bill 1717, which finally passed the Texas Senate 20-11 this week ...