“With this paper, I think we might have found a new one: the rain shadow effect can cause changes of size and shape in mammals.” The mice that de la Sancha and his colleagues examined in this ...

But National Weather Service Meteorologist Philip Gonsalves said the "rain shadow" effect, which refers to the valley being surrounded by mountains, keeps out much of the rain storms bring.

This striking contrast highlights the rain shadow effect, where a region on the side of a mountain range is protected from the prevailing winds. In the NASA image, the mountains block the westerly ...

"With this paper, I think we might have found a new one: the rain shadow effect can cause changes of size and shape in mammals." The mice that de la Sancha and his colleagues examined in this ...