You’ve heard of white-sand beaches, black-sand beaches, and even beaches covered in pebbles or rocks—but did you know there’s ...

When you walk barefoot on a beach, you have billions of tiny grains beneath your feet. Soft, warm, sometimes sticky, these grains of sand may seem insignificant, but they have a history ...

We visited 12 beaches along the coast of New Jersey in July. The sand samples we gathered were taken approximately 10 feet from the wrack line -- the line of debris left on the beach by high tide.

Sand is a loose granular material blanketing the beaches, riverbeds and deserts of the world. Composed of different materials that vary depending on location, sand comes in an array of colors ...

BETHUNE BEACH, Fla. — Communities up and down the Central Florida coast are looking for sand. It's sand to replenish beaches devastated by Ian and Nicole.

Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark takes pictures during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Surfside-Sunset Beach sand replenishment project on Wednesday. (James Carbone) ...

Beach sand in the Emerald Coast area came down from the Appalachian Mountains over 20,000 years ago when ice caps began melting, sending water and quartz particles from the Apalachicola River ...

The sand that lines our beaches, according to Dr. Abbott, has an important role to play. It acts as a natural barrier from waves during the storms, but it also serves an aesthetic purpose.

For now, Siesta Beach remains open; the sand is cool, the water’s warm, and the view is spectacular. Learn Something New Every Day Subscribe for free to Inverse’s award-winning daily newsletter!

Old beach, new beach As a final sandy thought, consider the fact that the sand on most of our beaches, especially on the East and Gulf Coasts, is rather old: some 5,000 years or so, Williams said.