Nicknamed "tar balls", due to their black color, these larger golf-ball-sized chunks of mystery debris first started appearing on Sydney beaches in October, and continued washing up throughout the ...

The unusual floaters were first spotted on Coogee Beach on Tuesday. Randwick City Council says preliminary test results from samples collected on Tuesday afternoon showed the balls were a ...

Environmental officials in Australia still haven't completely solved the mystery of black balls found littering popular beaches on the country's eastern coastline, but they're getting closer.

“That’s very slack of them.” Councils closed Coogee, Gordon’s Bay, Clovelly, Bondi, Bronte, Tamarama and Maroubra last year after the mystery balls were discovered from October 1 ...

Environmental officials in Australia still haven't completely solved the mystery of black balls found littering popular beaches on the country's eastern coastline, but they're getting closer.

Sydney's 'Mystery' Toxic Beach Balls Are Cosmetic, Cleaning Product Waste SYDNEY (Reuters) - Beaches in Sydney re-opened on Saturday for swimmers after authorities cleared thousands of black ...