Tar balls are washing up on County beaches. Here’s what you need to know about where they come from and why they’re a concern ...

In October, the Canadian Coast Guard cleaned up tar balls floating to the ocean's surface from the site of a World War II era ...

After aerial flights and physical searches, the Coast Guard says the little blobs of oil are no longer floating ashore.

The weather this weekend was perfect for a trip to the sun-kissed shoreline of Palm Beach. But beachgoers faced a viscous mess that started Saturday: Tar balls, accumulations of a sticky black ...

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.