PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A windy day on the beach can leave you a sandy mess with sand everywhere from in your clothes to sand in your hair. Windy beach days, however, can be very important to a beach's ...

Mo‘omomi Preserve on the north coast of the Hawaiian island of Moloka‘i protects a dune ecosystem that boasts rare coastal species. Douglas Peebles Photography/Alamy This article is from Hakai ...

Enjoy the rugged wilderness while also traipsing through coastal dunes and enjoying gorgeous beaches at an under-the-radar ...

Kevin Revolinski highlights the Grand Sable Dunes, the Sleeping Bar Dunes and the Indiana Dunes. If you made a list of all the different ecosystems in Wisconsin, it might take you a while to get to ...

A massive beach renourishment project is underway on Captiva Island, bringing tons of sand to its shoreline. This initiative ...

The environment on Arrakis — the desert planet central to Frank Herbert's epic science fiction series Dune — is not entirely fictional, according to Cornell scientists. Arrakis consists of bone-dry ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Three years after the release of “Dune,” a film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 sci-fi novel, “Dune: Part Two” is reigniting the public’s fascination with sandy ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — When you are walking along the beach, you may see some signs saying, “please, keep off dunes.” These dunes are a key to protecting coastal communities from disastrous ...

“Season” in Southwest Florida means a bevy of activities in our coastal communities. Chief among them: beach trips. The beach is one of our most celebrated natural resources, and rightly so. We know ...