This Lesser-known National Park Feels 'Extraterrestrial' With Bone-white Sand Dunes and Sky-blue Lagoons—Here’s What It Was Like to Visit In the northern reaches of Brazil, the unique and fragile ...

Lençóis Maranhenses, located in northeastern Brazil's Maranhão state, is a unique national park unlike any other desert in the world. Spanning over 1,500 square kilometers, this vast expanse of ...

Only after lunch did we begin our second walk, a 6.2-mile trek from the quiet, untouched region of Rancharia leading us to ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had ...

Flower-speckled sand dunes have returned to South Carlsbad State Beach thanks to a successful restoration started a little more than two years ago. Wooden slats and fences were installed in various ...

Lençóis Maranhenses sits at the intersection of three biomes—a rare overlap that supercharges biodiversity. Across 350 square miles of dunes, the rainy season brings thousands of crystal blue lagoons ...