The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that began showing up on Florida beaches over the weekend.

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

South Floridians enjoying a pleasant Saturday at the beach found themselves stepping in dark, greasy balls of oil, possibly ...

Mysterious tar balls washed up on several Florida beaches, forcing closures and triggering an investigation by the U.S. Coast ...

It was beautiful weather for the beach this weekend, but beachgoers found themselves in a sticky situation. The US Coast ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating after tar balls were seen washed up on southeast Florida beaches. The substances were reported in the Palm Beach, Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach areas on ...

Palm Beach's chief lifeguard confirmed the tar balls were spotted along the town's Atlantic Ocean coastline. Their origin is unclear.

But beachgoers faced a viscous mess that started Saturday: Tar balls, accumulations of a sticky black material, dotting the coast. The U.S. Coast Guard reported the tar balls in a post on X ...

Several Broward County beaches in Florida, from Port Everglades in Miami to Palm Beach, were closed for a time this past ...