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INCLINE VILLAGE, CA — During the last storm of 2024, a small but dedicated group of Tahoe surfers spent the day surfing frigid waves near Incline Village. The group, mostly born and raised in ...

But they are not trying to avoid the bad weather, rather they use the storm fronts to surf on and save energy. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (IAB) made the discovery ...

HURME: We found that a lot of bats are actually migrating before storms come through. And this will generate some strong winds that are typically blowing in the right direction for migration.

Ultra-lightweight, intelligent sensors attached to bats uncovered a strategy used by the tiny mammals for travel: they surf the warm fronts of storms to fly further with less energy. The study is ...

And while the surf is fickle and slow, often marred by wind and tide, there are moments when it all neatly aligns, even just for a few hours. And those few hours were a time in between storms for ...

Nine states are on alert for wind, snow, avalanches and high surf as new storms hit the west. These storms will pound the west through the weekend, with very heavy rain along the coast and heavy ...

A new study study sheds light on a little-known phenomenon: the long-distance migration treks of nocturnal bats.