Wearing a helmet and strapped securely into his four-wheel-drive, Abdelilah al-Rabea tore off across the Saudi desert, ...

Star dunes - sometimes called pyramid dunes - stand out among sand dunes for their towering height and eye-catching form.

By Mongabay.com In India, superstitions and myths have fueled a rampant illegal trade in the red sand boa, a docile, nonvenomous snake, reports Shatabdi Chakrabarti in a video for Mongabay India. The ...

Like Černá, Pezzino also wished the foam molded to her foot as she ran. She compared the Infinite Mega to other shoes that ...

Beaches in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales are now scarred by dramatic sand cliffs, including the tourist drawcard of Surfers Paradise. Sand islands off Brisbane – Bribie ...

But did you know that the state is also home to a desert unlike any other in India? Hidden in the districts of Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli lies Theri Kaadu — a red sand marvel spanning approximately ...

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The rumble of sand-hauling trucks is a familiar sound in the Permian Basin, but soon, that sound may come without a driver behind the wheel. In a groundbreaking shift for ...

Some of Australia’s most famous and popular beaches have been stripped of sand by the storm lashing the east coast and could stay that way for months, in a big hit to tourism and holiday plans ...

Julian Leyland, University of Southampton Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity ...

With the rev of an engine and a last tremendous pull, Raghdan Salem Zodeh's SUV was freed from the sand and rising tides near a resort in the desert state of Qatar. Raghdan, 47, a Syrian living in ...