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

A narrow sand tidal island called Spurn in Yorkshire was featured in BBC’s Seven Natural Wonders in 2005 - here is some background on how it was formed.

If you’ve ever been to a beach with dunes, you’ve probably seen marram grass (Ammophila arenaria), even if you didn’t realise it. Marram grass grows in spiky, grey-green clusters on and around sand ...

Due to the benefits to the ecosystem there is a growing incentive to limit management interventions of stranded whales. This study was conducted to test the impact of a stranded whale carcass ...