When Frank Herbert saw how ecologists had manipulated the sands of Oregon's coast, it would influence his sci-fi novel Dune – but in the present day, that human intervention has triggered ...

When Frank Herbert visited coastal Oregon, it would influence his sci-fi novel Dune - but much has changed since ...

But this sandy universe was largely inspired by a place right here on Earth: The sweeping sand dune ecosystem along the central Oregon coast. In the mid-1950s, Herbert visited Florence, Oregon ...

A national environmental nonprofit has asked a federal judge to protect threatened coastal martens from off-road vehicle events set for this summer in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.

Located in Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park and near the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area on the central Oregon coast, Cleawox Lake has two day use areas, with sandy beaches and ...

Home to the world's first sandboard park, this Oregon coast features ancient dunes over 500 feet high and offers the ideal setting for an adrenaline-packed day.

The Oceana County Sheriff’s Department is investigating whether modifications to a dunes-racing jeep played a role in an accident that killed a West Michigan mom at Silver Lake Sand Dunes.

Grant McOmie takes us through Oregon's giant sandbox and into the undisturbed marshlands of the South Slough Reserve.