This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...

Appearances can be deceiving. At first glance, you'd never think the rolling white sand dunes of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas held the largest stand of oak in the country. The region's ...

How can something that is constantly shifting stand up to 750 feet tall? This southwestern park features the largest sand dunes in North America, and the key to their extraordinary height seems to lie ...

Below you’ll find the ultimate guide to Great Sand Dunes National Park, including things to do, how to get there, the best ...

Number of acres for oil and gas leasing deferred in 2018 due to lack of consultation regarding lands owned by the Navajo Nation Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve protects over 100,000 acres ...

Students are swapping their textbooks for shovels in a mission to restore sand dunes at Coney Island Creek. It's considered one of the most polluted waterways in New York City. For decades ...

However, Cyzycki explains they will soon be removed to make way for a project hoping to rebuild the sand dunes. Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower said the County Council recently approved $7.7 ...

Sand dunes are an much-loved part of our coastline, but they have been in decline for decades. Now a new project aims to protect the dunes and the rare animals who live in them — with over £4m of ...