Alligator catches some waves at Alabama beach, video shows
A Mobile resident took photos and videos of an alligator that appeared to be riding the waves on Dauphin Island earlier this month.
Gulf of Mexico
Study examines offshore drilling emissions
A study published in April found oil and gas drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico released twice as much methane as estimated in previous studies. Eric Kort, co-author of the study and associate professor of climate, space sciences and engineering at the University of Michigan, joined CBS News to discuss the data and ways to mitigate the damage caused by this climate-changing gas.
SpaceX Starship rocket explodes after launch
A massive Starship rocket built by SpaceX exploded above the Gulf of Mexico just minutes after blasting off Thursday morning. CBS News senior space analyst Bill Harwood joins Errol Barnett and Lana Zak to discuss what's known about the explosion and what it means for SpaceX.
Red tide is back in Florida. Here's what to know about the toxic bloom.
Medium to high concentrations of the organism that causes red tide have been found in more than 100 samples along Florida's Gulf Coast. Here's how it impacts humans, pets and marine life.
Helicopter with 4 on board crashes in Gulf of Mexico
Crews in a boat and a helicopter had found no sign of those who were on board by evening.
"I was dead set on making it": Man rescued from Gulf of Mexico tells his story
The 28-year-old from Lafayette, Alabama, was with 18 relatives on a Carnival cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, when somehow he ended up overboard after a day of fun.
Coast Guard diver on saving overboard cruise passenger
One of the Coast Guard officers who helped pull off a remarkable rescue of a man who fell off a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico says the man was close to death when he was pulled out of the water.
New species of whale named last year is "on the edge of extinction"
"Unless significant conservation actions are taken, the United States is likely to cause the first anthropogenic extinction of a great whale species," scientists said.
Florida water "looks like root beer, smells like dead fish" after hurricane
Portapotties, sewage, vehicles leaking gas and dead animals are just some of the odorous things infecting Florida's waters post-storm.
3 men rescued from shark-infested waters
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three men whose fishing boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast -- "just in the nick of time," as they fended off sharks in the water. CBS News' Lana Zak and Lilia Luciano have the story.
How climate change affects hurricanes
Scientists say climate change could be fueling storms like Hurricane Ian. The storm officially met the National Hurricane Center's threshold for "rapid intensification." Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, joins CBS News to discuss.
Astronauts come home with rare pre-dawn splashdown
Four astronauts strapped into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged to a fiery pre-dawn splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday, closing out the first operational flight of SpaceX's futuristic touch-screen ferry ship. CBS News' Tom Hanson reports. Read more here.
Tropical Storm Alex, the first of hurricane season, forms in Gulf of Mexico
Alex formed Sunday morning in the Gulf of Mexico on a track to come ashore in southern Florida with heavy rains and gusty wind.
Only whaling ship to sink in Gulf of Mexico discovered 190 years later
Not much is left of the two-masted wooden brig thought to be the Industry, a 65-foot-long whaler that foundered after a storm in 1836.
Federal judge blocks big Gulf of Mexico oil lease sale
The judge said the Biden administration didn't adequately take into account the effect the drilling would have on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, violating a bedrock environmental law.
Nicholas could bring "life-threatening" flash floods to deep South
The storm, which reached hurricane strength, made landfall then weakened back to tropical storm status. It's bringing pounding rain and strong winds to the region.
U.S. Coast Guard investigating nearly 350 reported oil spills after Ida
Hurricane Ida shut down nearly 95% of the region's crude oil and gas production.
Divers pinpoint source of Gulf oil spill caused by Hurricane Ida
A one-foot diameter pipeline was displaced from a trench on the ocean floor and sheared in half by Hurricane Ida.
Feds responding to reports of oil and chemical spills in Gulf of Mexico
An apparent miles-long brownish-black oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico was seen in aerial survey imagery released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Photos show black slick in water near Gulf oil rig in wake of Hurricane Ida
An apparent miles-long oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is seen in aerial survey imagery released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Burst pipeline causes "eye of fire" in Gulf of Mexico
Viral video shows a harrowing image of ships attempting to put out a massive fire that formed underneath the ocean's surface when a gas pipeline ruptured.
1 dead, 12 missing after boat capsizes off Louisiana
"The hope is that we can bring the other 12 home alive," said Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson III.
Slow-moving Tropical Storm Beta threatens to be a rainfall event
The storm is expected to approach the Texas coast on Monday.
Tropical Storm Sally forms in the Gulf of Mexico
It's the 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which peaks in mid-September.
SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts splash down after historic test flight
Sunday's splashdown was the first by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, with the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit.
Investigation
Classified material missing from Epstein files, documents suggest
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Midterm campaigns make final push as early voters hit the polls
At least 64 reported dead in high-speed train crash in Spain
No clear winner in Israeli election as polls suggest stalemate
Investigation
In Trump's pardon economy, victims lost out on $119M in restitution
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Qatari mediators hand Iran new proposal to end the war
Grand jury won't indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony
Iran war has cost $47 billion, U.S. military says
