"Earthscape" artist Andres Amador gathered volunteers Saturday to use rakes, sticks and their imaginations to draw images in ...

The Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Classic kicks off this week with 10 of the best sand sculptors in the world competing ...

On Tikehau, pink and white sand beaches surround a gorgeous oval-shaped, emerald-colored lagoon. Located about an hour away ...

Gwen Pratesi is an avid travel adventurer and beachgoer who lives less than a mile from the ocean in Amelia Island, Florida.

While millions of Americans vacation on beaches every year to seek out sun, sand and the sea, many might not realize how dangerous digging holes in the sand can be. In February 2024, a 7-year-old girl ...

The final event of last year’s beach-volleyball world tour was held in Toronto, in September, in a parking lot at the edge of Lake Ontario. There’s a broad public beach nearby, but few actual beaches ...

A team of researchers based in Norway and Japan might soon have you walking on desert sand, no matter how far from the dunes you live. This group of engineers has developed a method to transform it ...

Rhode Island's beaches are experiencing a net loss of sand over time due to natural forces and erosion. Many coastal towns use sand replenishment programs to restore beaches, often after major storms ...

Sand is a fascinating material. It can flow and be poured like a liquid, but retains many of the properties of solids, clogging pipes or forming sand dunes. The behavior of collections of small ...

K'gari (Fraser Island) is known for its iconic beaches that stretch as far as the eye can see, freshwater lakes and ancient dunes. Scientists have excavated sand from K'gari to provide the first ...