Instead of seashells, beachgoers along the Texas coast are finding sticky black blobs underfoot. Natural tar balls are ...

If you're heading to Texas beaches this summer, be aware of tar balls, also known as blobs of oil. The "common" phenomenon ...

During the summer, it is common for tar balls to appear on Texas shores. The Padre Island National Seashore says the tar ...

The Trump administration is proposing limits to the recreational facilities — including beaches — that are eligible for ...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (WOAI/KABB) — South Padre Island beaches were packed again Friday after a series of scary incidents on the Fourth of July. Texas Game Warden officials confirm that two ...

Approximately 30 miles southwest of South Padre Island, Brownsville is known as one of the most historic cities in Texas. Once the site of several battles during the Mexican-American and the ...

Vereen Memorial Park in Little River and Driftwood Beach on Edisto Island ranked first and second, respectively. The Palmetto ...

These are the best beach towns in Texas for fishing, wildlife spotting, surfing, and relaxing on sandy Gulf Coast shores. ... South Padre Island is about a 10-minute drive away, ...

He was initially treated at the beach by firefighters and police. This image provided by Texas Department of Public Safety shows a shark close to the share in South Padre Island, Texas on Thursday ...

Despite having 367 miles of beach and more than 3,300 miles of shoreline along the Gulf Coast, Texas is not known as a surfing mecca in the same ...

A Fourth of July at the beach went awry due to a shark attack on South Padre Island, a popular tourist destination on the Southeast Texas Coast. Two people were bitten by a shark, and beachgoers ...