Perhaps you recall reading the Uncle Remus 1881 “Tar-baby” parable, or at least seeing its cartoon version in Disney’s notorious “Song of the South.” Sadly, over time “tar-baby ...

The sticky, gooey mess is beginning to clear up along Palm Beach’s Atlantic Ocean coastline, town officials said.

It's recommended to avoid contact with tar balls and to wash any affected skin with soap and water, baby oil, or a specialized cleaning product. Tar balls, sticky, dark clumps have been appearing ...

To clean the tacky gelatinous blobs off of skin, clothes or shoes, Pollock suggested using Vaseline or baby oil and a rag or paper towels. Tar balls are clumps of oil that form a mass around debris in ...

Beachgoers who encounter the tar balls can remove them with Vaseline or baby oil, Palm Beach’s chief lifeguard said. Sticky dark wads of viscous goo that washed up along Palm Beach's Atlantic ...