MIAMI — With Tampa and many other parts of Florida under a heat advisory, it might pay to think twice before walking barefoot on the beach. A report from the Miami Herald found that the sands on Miami ...

The teen was digging a hole when it collapsed on her, authorities said. A 16-year-old girl was rescued after a hole she was digging in the sand collapsed on her and buried her up to her neck, ...

Australia is known for its rich biodiversity. There are creatures living in the land down under that you can’t find anywhere ...

Jamie Acord said she was walking along a Maine beach with her husband when she suddenly found herself waist-deep in sand What started as a normal day at the beach turned into into a startling ordeal ...

What is a beach without the sand? Those grains mean everything for coastal communities like Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Sunset Beach. “Without sand, Newport Beach would simply be just called ...

Toni Nelson thinks back to a year ago, when her beloved beach was a rocky mess. The popular pathway connecting Capistrano Beach and Doheny State Beach was being battered by the sea, the dirt beach ...

As it did more than a decade ago, the town will commit more than $1 million to identify sources of sand for future beach renourishment projects. At its meeting Feb. 13, the Town Council approved a ...

A federal contractor began delivering hydraulically dredged sand to Tobay Beach this week, an effort that town officials and experts said will harden the shoreline against severe weather and protect ...