Lorayne Meltzer has lived along the Gulf of California for 30 years. As an ecologist and director of a binational field ...

By any description, the Gulf of California — located between Baja California and northwest Mexico — is a natural gem, ...

A longstanding theory in evolutionary biology is that venomous predators like rattlesnakes often develop complex venoms in ...

Plunging into the murky waters off the western coast of Mexico, scuba divers watched the marine life around them. One particular fish with “long” fins and a “stretched”-out look caught their attention ...

On remote islands in the Gulf of California, scientists uncovered a surprising twist in rattlesnake evolution: simpler venom ...

Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures / National Geographic Creative I spent a few days walking the dry, shelly beaches where the Colorado River Delta meets the Gulf of California. I was with a group of ...

Republicans in Gulf States Push to Embrace Gulf of America Name MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Southern Republicans are pushing their states to formally embrace the name Gulf of America — the name ...

Scuba divers in the Gulf of California saw a longfin batfish, a non-native species, in a first-of-its-kind sighting, a study said. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Plunging into the murky ...