Star dunes - sometimes called pyramid dunes - stand out among sand dunes for their towering height and eye-catching form.

Hear the sounds of Mother Nature and enjoy a thrilling day of tackling one of Nevada's tallest sand dunes at this singing ...

"Nature-based solutions have been shown to be holistic and sustainable, and they work. Sand dunes will help to mitigate the ...

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 ...

Stephanie Hilborne, CEO of The Wildlife Trusts, added: ‘Everyone should have the opportunity to experience the joy of standing amidst a sand dune. ‘These are wild places and when you stand amongst the ...

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 ...