To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator ...

The tropics, as a region, account for 40 per cent of the world’s total surface area and are host to approximately 80 per cent of the world’s biodiversity.

Summer officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 20 with the summer solstice, the day with the greatest amount of ...

The Tropic of Capricorn touches only the tip of South Africa's northernmost province, but that's enough to include the Kruger National Park.

Astronomical summer begins tonight, June 20, at 10:42 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time — the moment of the June solstice. At that ...

It has arrived! Well, almost. Summer will officially begin at 9:42 pm this tonight. San Antonio will be facing its longest ...

During the winter solstice, the sun's rays will be directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, a line of latitude that circles the Earth in the Southern Hemisphere. In astrology, ...

For December’s winter solstice, the Sun’s most direct rays are positioned over the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south latitude). National Weather Service) ...

During the summer solstice, the Sun rises over the Tropic of Cancer (23° 26' latitude) in the Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, in the Southern Hemisphere, the Sun rises over the Tropic of Capricorn ...