Dust devils locally Dust devils can certainly form here in Southeast Texas. This short video caught a dust devil moving across a Houston work site in March.

A video captured a giant dust devil forming in the town of Saratoga, Texas. What is a dust devil? Are dust devils considered tornadoes? What to know.

Judy Li explores an overlooked world of critters living in Oregon’s streams; scientists study the causes of dust devils to better understand the challenges facing future explorers on Mars ...

KCCI Chief Meteorologist Jason Sydejko called the dust devil "incredibly defined," as it spun for several seconds outside ...

But before getting to how charge buildup works within Red Planet dust devils, it is key to understand how dust devils form on Mars to begin with.

There are a few different types of weather events that all look similar. But there are important differences between tornadoes, cold air funnels, landspouts, waterspouts and dust devils.

But before getting to how charge buildup works within Red Planet dust devils, it is key to understand how dust devils form on Mars to begin with.

What caused this dust devil? Dust devils like this form due to intense heat and unstable atmospheric conditions. The temperature of the Kilauea eruption heats the atmosphere in the crater.

Dust devils on Mars form similarly to those on Earth, despite the fact that Mars' atmosphere is much thinner. They tend to happen on dry days when the ground gets hotter than the surrounding area.