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, but the source ...

Tar balls have popped up across South Florida, including in Indian River County over the weekend. Have you seen them on the beach?

and they’re like, ‘Oh, it’s ’cause of the oil.’” Others at Hollywood Beach, Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton and Pompano Beach noticed the tar balls, though they were less pervasive and ...

What are tar balls? 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 ...

Tar balls are small clumps of oil that appear on beaches, often remnants of oil spills or natural oil seeps. Exposure to tar balls can cause skin irritation or allergic reactions in some ...

The sticky, gooey mess is beginning to clear up along Palm Beach’s Atlantic Ocean coastline, town officials said.

Tar balls are formed when oil coalesces around debris. Lifeguard captain Shaun Dibble encountered a tar ball by stepping on one. DEP gives recommendations on how to treat skin that has made ...

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 ...