A new study published in Nature Communications details a hybrid robot that combines the wind-driven mobility of tumbleweeds ...

I was watching kite surfers harness the wind to carve sweeping arcs and achieve effortless lifts…Yet, I realized nature had ...

A local photographer spent seven years chasing tumbleweeds through rural communities, laboratories, and pop culture—all on a quest to understand one of the West’s most humble, sometimes ...

A giant tumbleweed roughly the size of a Volkswagen beetle was spotted hurtling its way down a four-lane road in California this week. The jaunty brown bundle of brush was captured on video and posted ...

Wind speeds on Mars are high enough to blow fleets of large spherical rovers that resemble tumbleweed across the Red Planet's surface, according to new wind-tunnel tests of small prototypes conducted ...

Desertification is a massive problem across the globe. We have a general idea of what causes it: unsustainable agricultural practices, mining, climate change, general land overuse. But much like ...

We are extremely proud of our tree,” Hermelinda Llamas, part of the group that builds and maintains the tree, told The Post. ...

Two invasive species of tumbleweed have hybridized to create a new species of tumbleweed that University of California, Riverside researchers found has dramatically expanded its geographic range in ...

Tumbleweed looks harmless in films, rolling across deserts like scenery, rather than something dangerous. In reality, it has ...