"Sentinels of the Port," a new film by Galveston Unscripted host J.R. Shaw, spotlights the harbor pilots working the ports of Galveston and Texas City.

Nikki Johnson-Kunz, also known as the "Shrimp Diva," married into a family of Galveston shrimpers that has made a living fishing the waters of the Gulf for generations. She was not surprised to learn the investigation's test results revealed that nearly 60% of the restaurants were serving shrimp that had been imported and raised on farms abroad.

A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before.

The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, Houston Zoo and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department on Friday released more than 40 recently rescued, cold-stunned green sea turtles into the

Over 40 green sea turtles were rehabilitated and released in Galveston after a cold snap left them cold-stunned, with the community witnessing the event.

About 41 of the turtles were released into the Gulf of Mexico on Friday so they can find warmer waters before the temperatures dropped.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on social media that if the Gulf of Mexico is renamed, it should be called the "Gulf of Texas."

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.

Federal changes have to be made, but other countries and private companies can keep using "Gulf of Mexico." Here's why.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced the change. He cited the new name in an executive order earlier this week attributing inclement winter weather to a “low pressure moving across the Gulf of America.