maybe even a year" in the ocean as it formed into a solid structure. This means there could be more tar balls coming to Sydney beaches. "That's the worry, is that this could just be a really small ...

Nov. 8 (UPI) --Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney, Australia, beaches were initially suspected to be tar balls but turned out to be miniature "fatbergs" containing human feces.

The mysterious debris, initially thought to be tar balls, began appearing on beaches in Sydney last month Brook Mitchell/Getty The composition of the mysterious balls that washed up on the shores ...

Hundreds of mysterious “tar balls” about the size of golf balls washed up on Sydney’s beaches in mid-October, prompting their closure for days for cleanup operations. The black spheres were ...

The golf-to-baseball sized balls — the appearance of hundreds of which forced the closure of two beaches near Sydney last month — are not, the agency said, tar balls as initially suspected. Or at ...

Initially believed to be tar balls, they were in fact a "disgusting" combination of human faeces, cooking oil, chemicals and illicit drugs, researchers say. Eight beaches including Bondi were closed ...

The foul-smelling balls, which were first discovered on Sydney's Coogee Beach in mid-October were initially thought to be tar from an oil spill. The balls are thought to be made up of human waste ...

Initially thought to be tar balls, the golf-ball-size debris turned ... had formed from crude oil or natural oil seeps from the ocean floor, further analysis revealed plenty of “fatty, oily ...

Tar balls washing ashore beaches in San Diego, California, nearly 100 miles away from a pipeline breach off the coast of Orange County. Local officials have launched efforts to clean up the spill ...

Beaches in the Australian city of Sydney have reopened for swimmers after being closed earlier this week when thousands of mysterious black tar-like balls washed ashore, prompting health concerns.

Hundreds of golf ball-sized black balls have washed up on several Sydney beaches, prompting the closure of seven popular spots as authorities conducted clean-up operations and investigated their ...