The mixture, which is a combination of sand and water, typically occurs in areas near water — but it can also be found in deserts Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence of what appears to be a prehistoric "quicksand trap" that caused the demise of elephants more than a million years ago. In a study published in the Journal of ...

PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman enjoying a walk on a popular beach learned that quicksand doesn’t just happen in Hollywood movies in jungles or rainforests. Jamie Acord was walking at the water ...

Though the threat of drowning in quicksand may be a core fear of any movie buff, some social media users have claimed it is "physically impossible to sink entirely in quicksand." One Reddit post, ...

A woman plunged into a quicksand hole while walking along a Maine beach (not the one pictured) with her husband. Myriam Olmand via Unsplash A woman was walking along a Maine beach with her husband ...

A Maine woman had a startling experience while walking on the water’s edge of a New England beach, and luckily she was not alone during the incident. While at Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg, ...