Almost two-thirds of the world's population is affected by the monsoon—the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and ...

But for the very best views, many skywatchers headed south of the equator. The tour I was to lead would take me all the way down to latitude 30-degrees south. [ Wow!

About 15 miles north of Quito, a yellow line representing the Equator runs up a long, regal walkway to the base of the Mitad del Mundo monument, built in 1979. The thing is, they built the ...

We use imaginary lines to help locate where a place is in the world. We use lines of latitude to find out how far north or south a place is. These lines run parallel to the Equator.; There are ...