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 ...

Did you know that a hurricane or tropical storm has never crossed the equator? The reason behind this fascinating phenomenon lies in a meteorological principle related to the rotation of the Earth: ...

Also known as Congo-Brazzaville, this country lies in Central Africa, bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Atlantic Ocean. This ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — After the devastation of Hurricane Helene and now Hurricane Milton hitting Florida, reports have been spreading on social media that hurricanes never cross the equator. This is ...

Hurricanes, also known as typhoons or cyclones, cannot cross the Equator due to the Coriolis effect. This phenomenon, caused by Earth's rotation, produces a force that is too weak at the Equator to ...

After years living in Ecuador, I thought it was about time I visited the equator - but it proved more difficult than I thought. The reason being that in Ecuador there are several places that claim to ...

Living in the tropics — hands down — beats living at the poles. At least that's the consensus of the high number of species crowding near the equator. However, the underlying reason behind this ...

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 ...

The Earth is spinning a little slower than usual right now. That could mean a lot more earthquakes with at least a magnitude 7.0 ahead in 2018.

It was built for trade, but the schooner Equator knew glamour, too: It embarked on a South Seas cruise just a year after it was launched, with one of the biggest celebrities of the 19th century on ...