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 ...

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’s acumen lay in its pedigree. Frontman Walter Schreifels played in New York hardcore bands Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits. At the same time, he and his bandmates – guitarist Tom Capone ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explain the physics of quicksand and what actually happens when a human falls into ...

Quicksand returned this year with Distant Populations, their second reunion album and one of the best of their career, fully on par with their ’90s classics. They supported it on an equally awesome ...

Quicksand seems like a rare hazard found only in the jungle based off the movies, but it’s more common than one might think. The liquefied soil can also be spotted on riverbanks, coastlines and ...

Why was quicksand a major peril in 1960s movies, but suddenly no longer scary in the 1990s? In an entertaining essay for Slate, Dan Engber explains how quicksand is getting sucked out of pop culture – ...

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 ...