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 ...

Quicksand has been a favorite trope in Hollywood movies for years. Many think of quicksand as being able to engulf humans whole in a matter of a seconds, but does it work that way? Quicksand is formed ...

A hiker is sharing his story of survival after being stuck for hours in quicksand over the weekend on a trail known as the "subway route" in Utah's Zion National Park. Thirty-four-year-old Ryan Osmun ...

A Zion National Park visitor spent about a day with his leg stuck in quicksand. A hiker was rescued at Zion National Park in southwest Utah over the weekend, hours after his leg got stuck in quicksand ...

Quicksand is not the bottomless pit portrayed in Hollywood films that sucks in unsuspecting victims and swallows them whole. It is true the more people struggle, the deeper they sink into the soupy ...

An Edmond woman and her nephew got quite a scare at Lake Hefner Tuesday. Instead of taking the trail around the lake, Kimberly Golbuff and her nephew decided to take a shortcut back the car. They made ...

Heavy D explores how the Great Salt Lake’s quicksand can swallow everything in its path. New Social Security report raises alarms for 300 million Americans Helen Mirren feels ‘insulted’ by ...