Jerboas are a lineage of small rodents displaying atypical mouse-like morphology with elongated strong hindlimbs and short forelimbs. A research team has recently sequenced and reported the chromosome ...

Wind isn't acting alone in the geological process behind erosion, sand dunes and airborne dust particles called aerosols. The other culprit is electricity. By taking both factors into account, ...

I'll never forget my first haboob. I was playing alone in the shade on my front porch when the blazing, still, summer afternoon suddenly changed. I noticed the difference in air pressure first, but it ...

Jeepers creepers, leapers and saltons too: a sandstorm in Jordan. (Courtesy: iStockphoto/yafa80) The colliding of whipped-up grains of sand increases the strength of sandstorms, according to ...

A little wind goes a long way on the red planet The sands of Mars are a conundrum for physicists. Both dunes and ripples of sand appear to move around on the surface, and the stuff has fallen onto the ...