(The Conversation) – While millions of Americans vacation on beaches every year to seek out sun, sand and the sea, many might not realize how dangerous digging holes in the sand can be.

B8D LLC in Bloomfield looking to provide sand to area industries As earthmoving equipment worked to go deeper and deeper, ...

David Frasier of Fredericksburg, Virginia was spending a day at the beach Monday in Salvo, North Carolina when the accident happened Authorities say he built two 6-foot-deep holes in the sand and ...

You cannot have concrete without sand. River beds are being dug up across Africa to fuel a building boom, with little thought for what this means for the health of the river, and those who depend ...

He warned that when it comes to digging holes and building sandcastles, the sand is only stable while it’s still moist. Once it dries out, the hole that’s been dug completely collapses in on ...