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

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People walk along the beach next to dunes at Whitecap Beach in Corpus Christi on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. Courtney Sacco USA TODAY NETWORK Texas beaches do not always have the bluest water in the ...

Those floating blobs may look harmless—but their stings can burn for hours. Here's what you can do to relieve the pain.

Lawmakers at the Capitol tacked on a last-minute provision to a bill that now gives the newly formed city of Starbase authority to close beaches and ...

A 2023 study by Environment Texas, an Austin-based advocacy organization, found that 90% of tested Texas beaches had potentially unsafe bacteria levels at least once in 2022.

With the weather turning warmer, people visiting beaches in Galveston and other spots along the Texas coast are reporting more Portuguese man-of-war sightings. The species may look pretty and blue ...