Erin Argyilan was wrapping up a scientific study of wind speeds on Mount Baldy last year when she saw a circle of beachgoers on their knees halfway up the hulking sand dune. They appeared to be ...

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 ...

California has impressive dunes; in fact, the tallest dunes in the state resemble a mini Sahara. However, the Kelso Sand Dunes in the Mojave National Preserve are well worth visiting for a unique ...

Martin County demolished the Sand Dune Cafe following fire New Year's Day. A new cafe is expected to be built in its place. The new cafe is expected to cost about $4 million. JENSEN BEACH — Sand ...

The child had been playing with his younger brother in the sand dunes at Silver Lake State Park when the accident happened Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working ...