A hiker was rescued from quicksand last week in Arches National Park, reigniting long-dormant fears of a geologic phenomenon ...

Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker ...

A Colorado man in his 30s was trapped up to his thighs during a 20-mile solo hike in frigid temperatures Sunday at Utah's ...

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 ...

From quicksand to base jumping, Grand County Search and Rescue stays busy as calls approach record Rockville has no shortage ...

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 ...

Austin Dirks was hiking Sunday in Arches National Park, eastern Utah, renowned for its hundreds of stunning sandstone arches.

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 ...

Quicksand is a staple hazard of adventure movies, TV shows and video games. Whenever a minor character needs to be killed off quickly, the hero needs someone to rescue, or danger needs to be ...

For the first 20 minutes that 34-year-old hiker Ryan Osmun was stuck in quicksand, he thought everything would be all right. “I pretty much thought it was mud,” Osmun says now, six months after he ...

(AP) - 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 ...