Summer is a popular time for beach vacations, but if you’re not into sun and sand, why not consider a ski getaway instead? In parts of the Southern Hemisphere, where it’s winter, the slopes beckon.

This week I’m going to venture south, below the equator and tell you about a bird that most of us will never see. The albatross is one of the largest flying birds in the world with a wingspan that ...

Solar Orbiter's view of the Sun from an angle of 17 degrees below the solar equator. ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team For more than 60 years, various spacecraft and telescopes have journeyed through ...

Grab your strongest sunblock and your darkest shades, and head for Quito, the capital of Ecuador, which hovers just below the equator in South America. With a flight from Houston to Quito that’s just ...

This column, like the previous two, comes to you from the small but fascinating country of New Zealand, situated deep in the Southern Hemisphere nearly 1,000 miles southeast of Australia. The natural ...

Earth may be a fairly uniform sphere, but the Northern Hemisphere has the lion's share of landmass at an estimated 68%, while the Southern Hemisphere's solid ground clocks in at 32%. Even more ...

MOLINE, Ill — An old myth is recirculating once again on social media. This time, an added twist claims that by simply hopping to the south half of the equator, you'll be able to see water spinning in ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The summer/autumn storm season has arrived in Hawaiʻi; and everyone in Hawaiʻi’s emergency response fields are prepping for the worst, just in case. Being located in the mid-Pacific ...

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: ...

Grab your strongest sunblock and your darkest shades, and head for Quito, the capital of Ecuador, which hovers just below the equator in South America. With a flight from Houston to Quito that’s just ...