Tar balls have been washing ashore on Texas beaches, primarily in Cameron, Nueces and Matagorda counties. Authorities are ...

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 washing ashore in growing numbers, creating a mess on the sand and prompting a ...

Salvors continue to make progress on removing fuel and boxes from a grounded MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company container ...

During the summer, it is common for tar balls to appear on Texas shores. The Padre Island National Seashore says the tar rises from the seafloor as waters in the gulf get 80 degrees or warmer. The tar ...

Surat: The picturesque beach of Umargam, known for its golden sands and serene beauty, has been marred by an unsightly and ...

The provincial government of Shandong, China's refining hub, has increased fuel oil import tax rebates for six independent ...

If you're heading to Texas beaches this summer, be aware of tar balls, also known as blobs of oil. The "common" phenomenon washes up along the Texas coast almost every summer, according to Padre ...

You won't have to dig deep to find fun this Sunday with a program at the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History and Science. Local geologist Tim Elam will present "McKittrick and Maricopa Tar Seeps," a ...

If it's time to change the oil in your lawn mower, you might be wondering whether it would benefit from the same synthetic ...

In the 1940s and 50s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...