Tar balls, sticky, dark clumps have been appearing along the beaches in Florida, staining sand and skin, and even causing Fort Lauderdale Beach to temporarily close. The U.S Coast Guard ...

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 from ...

(AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that began showing up on South Florida beaches over the weekend, but so far the source of the black muck remains a mystery.