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Chris Crosson was, as usual, up to his elbows in wet sand — only this time it wasn’t on the beach. The Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa Huntington Beach was the venue for an Andersen Windows event where ...

If you live near a beach, chances are you and your kids have hauled sloshing buckets of seawater to build sandcastles. While visions of turrets, moats, and intricate brickwork might feel out of reach, ...

Arenicola, or lugworms, make some of the most beautiful structures on the beach. Little piles of wet sand are cast in a swirl from their rear end as part of their feeding cycle. They are but one of an ...

If you want to understand why some sandcastles are tall and have intricate structures while others are nearly shapeless lumps of sand, it helps to have a background in geotechnical engineering. As a ...