The U.S. is home to some of the most breathtaking sand dunes in the world, stretching across national parks, deserts, and ...

The largest of the three sites proposed for dunes is closest to the harbor, a half-acre at the edge of the North Jetty ...

Wanapum Dunes and Beverly Dunes. “Gray cat’s eye is a signature perennial plant of central Washington sand dune communities. It has been recognized as a sensitive plant species for nearly 50 years,” ...

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Number of acres for oil and gas leasing deferred in 2018 due to lack of consultation regarding lands owned by the Navajo Nation Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve protects over 100,000 acres ...

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 ...

How can something that is constantly shifting stand up to 750 feet tall? This southwestern park features the largest sand dunes in North America, and the key to their extraordinary height seems to lie ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be covered by the Sahara Desert.