Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tar balls, sticky, dark clumps have been appearing along the beaches in Florida, staining sand and skin, and even causing Fort ...

The origin is unclear of the tar balls spotted this weekend along Palm Beach's coastline. This is the first time tar balls washed up on Palm Beach's shore in years, the town's chief lifeguard said.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – You might find yourself in a sticky situation this summer at some Texas beaches because naturally occurring tar balls have started washing up along the Gulf Coast again. “Tar ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Volunteers scoured the shoreline along Long Beach and Belmont Shore to clean up tar balls as a four-mile stretch of the coast remains closed Thursday. After the tar balls ...

Tar balls have been washing ashore on Texas beaches, primarily in Cameron, Nueces and Matagorda counties. Authorities are monitoring the situation and investigating the source of the tar balls. Tar ...

MINUTES. JADE, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BROOKE. WELL, PEOPLE TRYING TO ENJOY THIS WARM WEATHER AT SOME BEACHES IN OUR AREA COMING ACROSS SOMETHING BLACK AND STICKY ON THE SAND TAR WASHING UP ON THE ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — It was beautiful weather for the beach this weekend, but beachgoers found themselves in a sticky situation. The US Coast Guard reported tar balls washing up on the ...

If you’ve been walking the beaches this summer, you may have noticed sticky black blobs scattered along the shoreline. These are tar balls, and they’ve been washing up all season long. On my ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- While the typical Galveston beachgoer can run into seaweed, palm fronds, or even those blue button jellyfish washing up, there's also the possibility of seeing an unusual ...

The oil wells of Platform Holly, located two miles offshore Goleta, have been successfully plugged and abandoned. Coincidentally, I have observed a dramatic reduction in the amount of tar in the water ...