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Today FMs Pamela Joyce says shed be mortified to listen back to early days on radio Exclusive: Pamela is set to join the weekday schedule on the station in a three-hour slot (7-10pm), previously hosted by Ed Smith Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Radio host Pamela Joyce admitted she’d...

Maine beach: Dead-insect horde stains feet black Published image caption... but maybe bring some soap Beach-goers looking to feel the sand between their toes have instead ended up scrubbing away the black stain from millions of dead bugs. The tiny carcasses littered Wells Beach on the coast of the US state of Maine. A Maine Geological Survey expert said he hadnt seen anything like it in 35 years. The bugs havent been identified but some reports say its a kelp fly. The otherwise harmless bugs ap...

© Ben McCanna Linda Stathoplos, a retired NOAA researcher and oceanographer, searches the base of the jetty for remnants of bugs that washed ashore on Wells Beach on Tuesday. Stathoplos used a microscope to determine that the remains of small black flies likely stained the feet of beachgoers.Ed Smith has walked Wells Beach for years but has never seen anything like it: A mysterious black substance that settles on the sand near the shoreline and stains the feet of anyone who ventures too close....

For the past week, beachgoers have been complaining about the mystery substance washing up on the beach.

"This is the first time Ive seen or heard of this in my 35 years," said marine geologist Steve Dickson.

Scientists have determined that a black substance that had settled near the shore line over several days at a beach in Maine is made up of millions of dead bugs.

Smith was concerned that the substance could be toxic and sent photos of it to an official at Maines Department of Environmental Protection. The official passed the picture along to others, hoping somebody could shed some light on what was covering the sandy beach. Steve Dickson, a marine geologist with Maine Geological Survey, saw the photos and was stumped as well, so he reached out to  Linda Stathoplos and J ohn Lillibridge, retired oceanographers who live near Wells Beach. They went to th...

For the past week, beachgoers have been complaining about the mystery substance washing up on the beach.

Scientists have determined that a black substance near the shore line over several days at Wells Beach in Maine is made up of dead bugs.

WELLS, Maine (AP) — Scientists have determined that a black substance that had settled...