Devastating wildfire, flooding and extreme heat events took place over the past year, several resulting in mass fatalities.

The island’s lure dates back centuries, to the earliest days of the Chitimacha tribe, who fished in its Gulf waters. The ...

Editorial board member Nick Powell imagines the completion of the Gov. Matthew McConaughey Memorial Coastal Barrier.

The sudden fall in temperature from warm winter air to bone-chilling cold has plunged millions of people facing dangerous ...

Ocean Springs, Mississippi might just be that magical unicorn of affordable coastal living that makes your retirement dreams ...

Emmy award-winning journalist whose experience spans more than three decades, and virtually every major news story in that ...

Barrier islands are Florida’s postcard paradises. And developers keep building on them and people keep moving to them in a ...

After leaving Cuba, Ike could make landfall along the middle Texas coast later this week, forecasters said. But Ike could make landfall anywhere from northern Mexico to southern L ...

Lee County leads Florida in manatee deaths from boat strikes in 2025, with 14 recorded incidents. Statewide, manatee deaths from boat collisions are above the five-year average, totaling 97 for the ...

BP, Woodside, Chevron dominate bidding Chevron places highest bid of $18.6 million for Keithley Canyon block Companies bid more per acre than in any Gulf auction since 2017 The auction, which ended ...

There were four tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific basin during this year’s Pacific Hurricane season, which was June 1 to Nov. 30. That coincides with the forecast in May of one to four tropical ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season may be best-remembered for its unusual distribution of storms, including Melissa, which struck Jamaica as a devastating Category 5 hurricane. Meanwhile the U.S. was ...