Brazilian researchers have developed a technique that estimates the force exerted on each grain of sand in a dune from images. This method, which is based on numerical simulations and artificial ...

If you’ve already visited Utah’s “Mighty Five,” you’ll want to check off Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park next. Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight years of experience editing and writing ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The National Park Service is investigating a suspected incident of elk poaching that occurred last month in the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve. NPS said that the incident is ...

CHESTERTON, Ind. — A woman was rescued Wednesday after reportedly falling down a dune at Indiana Dunes State Park. According to a Facebook post from the Town of Chesterton, Indiana, shortly before ...

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — The dunes along Jacksonville Beach may look like a scenic backdrop for beachgoers, but city leaders say they serve as the first line of defense against hurricanes and ...

Coos Bay is one of a trifecta of cities — with Charleston and North Bend — that make up Oregon’s Adventure Coast. Just an eight hour drive north of San Francisco (or a quick flight to the Eugene ...

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — On Sept. 5 and Sept. 6, visitors to Golden Township Park near Silver Lake can attend the 22nd annual Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival. “We end up with about, ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas — A body discovered in sand dunes at McFaddin Beach has been positively identified as Martin Gack, a 45-year-old man who went missing Aug. 20 after walking away from his stuck ...

Kane Watson was reportedly visiting the beach with his four children when the dune collapsed, burying him headfirst Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Last summer, Stephanie McNamara got her first glimpse of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado. The park is a monument to sand, where dunes stretch across 30 square miles ...

Forget about paint and pencils. Sand was the artistic medium of choice in Brooklyn on Saturday, as dozens of artists gathered on the beach for the 33rd annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Competition.