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

It's the time of year when Texas beachgoers may encounter natural tar balls washing up on Padre Island. Padre Island National Seashore announced on its Facebook page that tar balls have been spotted ...

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

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (front L) holds up a tar ball discovered at the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet as he toured a massive oil slick lapping against the shores of coastal islands on ...

Energy producers are spending $15 billion a year to triple oil production from the bitumen-saturated tar sands of northern Alberta, Canada, which are the largest source of oil imports to the U.S.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of pieces of tar, some the size of sand dollars, were found on beaches along the Oregon Coast. This comes after reports of multiple birds covered in a tar-like ...

An oil spill removal organization has already begun cleanup along the shoreline. Pictures of tar balls on a beach appeared on X, formerly known as Twitter, Tuesday.

What's known is the type of oil that was piped: tar sands oil, also called diluted bitumen. It's a lot harder to clean up than conventional oil. Climate. The Keystone pipeline leaked in Kansas.

'Tar patties' and birds covered in oil are washing up on Oregon 's beaches, baffling officials as they rush to find the source. Responders are still searching for the source of the oil.

The researchers examined the digestive tracts of 478 dead birds from the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, pinpointing ...