There’s a particular kind of magic in standing on sand that feels like an entirely different world, with grains of volcanic ...

An iconic beach in Iceland is undergoing some massive changes due to uncontrollable circumstances. Reynisfjara Beach is most famous for its black volcanic sand and towering rock pillars.

A team of researchers based in Norway and Japan might soon have you walking on desert sand, no matter how far from the dunes ...

When lines of swell march up Australia's east coast the eyes of the surfing world turn to the strip of coastline between Snapper Rocks and Kirra known simply as the Superbank. Australia is blessed ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Have you ever been to the beach on a hot summer day and wondered why the water feels so cool, but the sand feels so hot? There are a few factors that go into play and explain why ...

When the tide is low on the southern Oregon coast, giant spiraling paths can be seen drawn in the sand. In the spring and summer, people flock to Bandon to walk these artistic labyrinths that stretch ...

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — Rob Hamrick could sell sand to the desert. He has, in fact, shipped 4,000 tons of it from a tiny community tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains to an exclusive golf course in Dubai.