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In this Dec. 16, 2011 photo, rancher Dallas Ford talks about his cattle in Tivoli, Texas.

Raising its slim, white neck out of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the world's last surviving whooping cranes hungrily searches a Texas marsh for the blue crabs and berries it devours during its annual migration to the Gulf Coast.

Bands of rain from Tropical Storm Lee were pelting the Gulf Coast as the storm's center trudged slowly toward land.

Officials surveying damage to the Gulf Coast since last year's disastrous oil spill say 1 of their biggest challenges is restoring the flow of sediment that is crucial to the wetlands and barrier islands that provide habitat to wildlife and protect residents from storms.

After two years stuck at No. 2, a stretch of sand on Florida 's Gulf Coast near Sarasota has finally been named the best beach in America.

The Coast Guard says it will resume its search for two missing boaters along central Florida's Gulf coast at sunrise.

News that BP 's busted well will probably be sealed once and for all this weekend brings little comfort to many along the Gulf Coast who are still paying dearly for the high-seas mistakes of the company and its partners.

Veterinarians from the Smithsonian's National Zoo are heading to the Gulf Coast to oversee the release of wildlife recovering from the oil spill into safer areas.

Until Monday, New Orleans had escaped direct affect from the oil disaster spreading across the Gulf Coast.

Grounded by oil, the charter boat owner along Alabama's Gulf Coast known as Capt.