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

Home to the world's first sandboard park, this Oregon coast features ancient dunes over 500 feet high and offers the ideal ...

Sand dunes often provide the backdrop for a scenic beach vacation, but few dwarf their neighboring stretch of coast as much as the awe-inspiring Dune du Pilat in France. It is the tallest of its ...

You may have been to Marbella, Cadiz, or nearby Gibraltar, but have you ever heard of Duna de Bolonia? This giant sand dune in southern Spain is about 98 feet high and 656 feet wide, making it ...

With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

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 ...

A European national park is home to a natural wonder that locals say has swallowed an entire village. Slowinski National Park ...

LIKE something from the sci-fi epic Dune, the world's largest mining dredger is devouring Senegal's coastal farmland, ...

I visited a national park for the first time in August of 2022. Growing up in urban New Jersey, it was quite a culture shock to suddenly be amidst the San Juan mountains of Colorado. I went to the ...