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

Comedian John Mulaney once said he thought that quicksand was going to be a bigger problem than it turned out to be.

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 ...

If stumbling into quicksand ranks on your list of worries, don't panic. You won't sink in—at least not all the way. Real quicksand is certainly hard to get out of, but it doesn't suck people under the ...

It has happened to Indiana Jones and the dashing Westley in “The Princess Bride.” On Wednesday afternoon it happened to three horses in Jurupa Valley. Quicksand. (Well, technically, officials are ...

Quicksand is not just the stuff of old Tarzan and Wild West movies. It’s a natural phenomenon lurking in Southern California, in or along creeks and rivers, dry washes and lakes where groundwater is ...