The U.S. has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The question, though, is whether this is important ...

Delve into the extraordinary world of wildlife and marine creatures, where every encounter offers a unique look into nature’s ...

The system's new description for the Gulf, an ocean basin that shares nearly equal lengths of shoreline with the U.S. and ...

President signs renaming proclamation as he gives Feb 9 high-profile moniker while flying over the expanse of water to watch ...

Google said it would rename the body of water to “Gulf of America” after it is updated in the U.S. government system in ...

Renaming it the Gulf of America would apply only in the US. And the long global history of disputed place names suggests it could be a brief experiment anyway.

I mean, the Atlantic Ocean borders our ... Conversation," the Board on Geographic Names could make the change to Gulf of America on official U.S. maps, but basically every country decides what ...

For more than four centuries, the body of water stretching from Florida through Texas and into Mexico has been known as the ...

Is it the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America? The answer may depend on where you live. Here's a look at how we collectively agree what a place is called ...

The International Hydrographic Organization works to ensure all the world's seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and charted uniformly, and also names some of them, according to the ...

You might be hearing about the gulf off the coast of the U.S. and Mexico. Here's what to know about the body of water the ...

Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees ... to rename the ocean basin that shares ...