“A few minutes of joyriding” through Death Valley dunes caused “significant damage” to rare plants, some of which are only found in the national park, rangers said. Sometime between late ...

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) A sand dune is backdropped by Atlas Energy plant at the beginning of a 42-mile conveyor belt that ...

Work has begun to clear invasive plants to help protect "fragile and precious" species in sand dunes. Diggers are removing two areas of buckthorn, a small spiny tree, from Warkworth Dunes which ...

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 ...

Coastal dunes are a ridge, or a series of ridges, that form at the rear of a beach and differ from most other constructional coastal landforms in that they are formed by the movement of air ...

The coasts of both north and south Wales are well known for their wonderful sandy beaches, making them popular holiday destinations for visitors from the UK and many other parts of the world.

Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. In February, the city began vegetating the sand dunes as part of its answer.