Behind many of these beaches are sand dune systems which provide homes for diverse forms of wildlife including plants and insects, some so highly specialised that without these dune habitats ...

Titan has sand dunes covering about 17 per cent of its surface ... solar system has a set of irregular satellites – relatively small moons that were once asteroids or comets before they were ...

The region's shinnery oaks are only four or five feet high, but they provide food, shade and a breeding ground for the small, brown dunes sagebrush lizard — otherwise known as the sand dune lizard.

An oceanfront home perched on a sand dune on Florida’s Amelia Island hit the market this month for $12.5 million, one of only ...

Dunes are considered to be essential for coastal protection. In countries like the Netherlands, where one third of the ...

Oceanside has ruled out one of the three small sites originally proposed for restoring sand dunes and native plants to beaches between the city’s harbor and municipal pier. The area in front of ...

The difference is a matter of size: ripples are small ridges of sand with a height (amplitude) typically less than 4 cm and wave lengths (crest to crest) less than 60 cm, while dunes have the same ...

For the perfect beach town vacation in New England, head to this charming Massachusetts escape with world-famous clams and ...

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