We mine more sand every year than any other solid material, and scientists warn that we’re taking more than the planet can replenish.

Located on Hawaii's Big Island, Kauna'oa Beach – also called Mauna Kea Beach – is considered one of the prettiest white sand ...

The final event of last year’s beach-volleyball world tour was held in Toronto, in September, in a parking lot at the edge of Lake Ontario. There’s a broad public beach nearby, but few actual beaches ...

Gwen Pratesi is an avid travel adventurer and beachgoer who lives less than a mile from the ocean in Amelia Island, Florida.

Getting sand in your beach towel is rarely fun. Check out this list that outlines exactly which sand-free beach towels are ...

Sand is a fascinating material. It can flow and be poured like a liquid, but retains many of the properties of solids, clogging pipes or forming sand dunes. The behavior of collections of small ...

Sand . . . we play in it, we stroll on it, we make castles out of it, but what do we really know about it? Most people use the term “sand” to refer to loose material on a beach, but sand is actually a ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Have you ever sat on the beach and run your hands through the sand as a way to just relax and be in the moment? Or maybe you spent a couple of minutes tracing shapes in the sand? The truth is, it can ...