Butterflies closer to the equator have been shown to evolve shared wing patterns faster than their relatives at higher latitudes. That gradient reframes tropical diversity as an active process, shaped ...

The fierce winds of a hurricane are known as tropical cyclones in some parts of the world, so you might expect them to sweep across the entire tropics. But there's one area of the tropics where ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you know a hurricane has never crossed the equator? Here's why. https://t.co/Tf3sNLZzXF pic ...

RIVERS are a source of life and many civilisations have risen and fallen on the banks of some of the major waterways of the world.

The equator is the part of the Earth that gets the most sunlight throughout the year, so the sun plays a huge part in why people who live near the equator have darker skin. This area gets more direct ...