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 ...

If you get stuck in quicksand, remember it's impossible to drown in the stuff. Instead, calmly try freeing yourself by gently kicking your legs back and forth. This should loosen the dense sand around ...

In his stand-up comedy special "New in Town," comedian John Mulaney joked about the oversaturation of quicksand on childhood TV shows: "I always thought that quicksand was going to be a much bigger ...

A new map has revealed where quicksand can be found in the US after a woman walking along a beach in Maine nearly lost her life in a liquified pit. Quicksand can form on beaches, tidal flats, ...

Adib Pritom is a Strategy Guide Writer from Bangladesh. He isn't just a writer but a gamer at heart. He has been a guide writer for several publications for the last two years. You can find him ...

Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

Just after noon on the day before Thanksgiving 2011, 25-year-old NOLS student Rob Tesar unwittingly walked into quicksand in the Utah backcountry. Half a day later, he was still stuck upright, trying ...

A seasoned Utah hiker became trapped in quicksand during a solo trek through Arches National Park — as harrowing drone footage captured him struggling to break free, according to reports. Austin Dirks ...

The 'Big 3' of things every child in America was led to believe would be a threat later in life but that turned out to be virtually inconsequential are ...

The open sands of Arrakis are home to deadly sandworms in Dune: Awakening, but they aren't the only hazards you'll face when traveling across the desert. Drumsand and quicksand are two threats that ...