Physicist Helen Czerski explores the complex science behind familiar phenomena. Read more columns here. The British seaside experience is full of tradition: brightly colored beach huts, soft-serve ice ...

Tahoe Tessie’s not in the water, she’s on Lakeside beach. But don’t look for a green scaly monster. This one’s made of sand. A group of children worked on the beginnings of a dragon Tuesday under the ...

Brian Denny and his two sons couldn’t contain their shock Sunday. The trio had just been announced as the group winner of the of the International Surf Festival’s sand castle design contest for their ...

We've all been there before. With a couple of brightly colored buckets and plastic shovels, down on our hands and knees in the gritty wet sand, trying to build a sandcastle before the tide comes in ...

Brendan Schaffer, of Cape May, works on his crab sculpture during the Wildwood Crest Sand Sculpting Festival, Friday, July 12, 2019. (Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) Conditions were perfect ...

When Viola Connelly and her friend Casey Metzler, both 10, enter the annual Saltaire Sandcastle Contest on Fire Island, the girls from Manhattan and Brooklyn choose a timely theme — they craft an ...

This is part of our great big guide to the DC area’s best beaches. From the surf scene in Virginia Beach to Ocean City’s expansive boardwalk, we found the best bites and activities (yes, even in ...

MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria devastated the island’s coastline, forcing property owners, developers and government officials to acknowledge at last that climate change and rising seas ...