A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet. Geologists have uncovered ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images The equator is the imaginary line that horizontally ...

'This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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 Earth is encircled by an imaginary line known as the equator. Positioned at 0 degrees latitude, it separates the planet into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The equator is one of the five ...

Assistant Professor of Geography and the Environment, University of Richmond With its long days just itching to be spent by water doing nothing, summer really can be an enchanting season. As Jenny Han ...