The blocks were not strictly rubber - they are most likely gutta-percha, the gum of a tree found in the Malay Peninsula and Malaysia. It was used in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries to ...

For the past few years, 100-year-old rubber-like blocks from Indonesia have been mysteriously washing up on beaches in the UK and northern Europe. The Titanic has been suggested as one of the possible ...

The gummy blocks of rubber that drifted onto Palm Beach last year may have a history steeped in scuttled blockade runners, naval battles and the scramble for raw materials during World War II. A study ...