The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has issued a decree to regulate the city’s 30 miles of coastline. Many residents fear it will ...

WILDWOOD, N.J. (CBS) -- The colorful beach balls that greet you as you enter Wildwood are a sure sign you've reached the shore. A similar version sits in front of Yolanda Roman's house.

The "mammoth" resort is the "biggest tourist complex in North Korea" and offers various sports, open water swimming, water ...

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

In the midst of the revelry were large beach balls being bounced around that brought out the child-like tendencies of the ecstatic patrons.

North Koreans are already splashing about at the mammoth Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone, built to accommodate nearly ...

Health officials will probe whether the arrival of a new batch of black tar-like balls on a Sydney beach are linked to previous contamination that saw seven beaches in the city's east closed in ...

Thousands of black balls found washed up on a popular Sydney beach have been identified as tar balls.

Around 2,000 of the mystery black balls, some golf ball-sized, had washed onto beaches across Sydney since Tuesday, forcing the closure of eight beaches, including the iconic Bondi Beach, and a ...

The tar balls that washed up on South Florida beaches, from Hollywood to Palm Beach County, seem to be dissipating on their own, the Coast Guard said Monday. “We conducted aerial flights and ...

A number of Sydney beaches have been closed after hundreds of tar balls washed ashore. But what are tar balls? Where have they come from? And are they dangerous?

There’s a good chance the objects on Coogee beach are not, as some have suggested, tar balls. But in any case, they pose a potential risk and authorities are right to close the beach.