It's the time of year when Texas beachgoers may encounter natural tar balls washing up on Padre Island. Padre Island National ...

Tar balls are a common sight on Gulf Coast beaches, especially during summer months. While not dangerous, they can be a ...

Instead of seashells, beachgoers along the Texas coast are finding sticky black blobs underfoot. Natural tar balls are ...

Natural tar balls are washing up on Padre Island beaches, a common summer occurrence. Warming Gulf waters cause the ...

If you're heading to Texas beaches this summer, be aware of tar balls, also known as blobs of oil. The "common" phenomenon ...

The Texas General Land Office (GLO) told ABC 13 this week that tar balls are common phenomenon on Texas beaches, particularly during summer months. "For most people, occasional brief contact with ...

Tar balls have been on beaches across South Florida, including as far as Jaycee and Humiston beaches in Indian River County last weekend.. Where the sticky, semi-solid clumps of oil originated ...

Tar balls are small, dark pieces of oil which can stick to the feet of beachgoers, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They often come from oil spills, ...

Tar balls form when crude oil on the ocean’s surface breaks apart and hardens over time. After an oil spill, the oil spreads into a thin layer, but wind and waves break it into smaller patches ...

Tar balls are formed from the winds and waves stretching and tearing the oil patches into smaller pieces. If you notice unusual numbers of tar balls on the beaches, call the U. S. Coast Guard at ...

Thousands of black balls found washed up on a popular Sydney beach have been identified as tar balls. The unusual floaters were first spotted on Coogee Beach on Tuesday.

The black balls first started showing up on the Coogee and Gordon's Bay beaches near Sydney in mid-October, the local mayor said at the time, suggesting they could be tar balls, which often form ...