Learn about the culture of the Karakalpak people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

Explore a little bit about the Ute tribe on this webpage.

A page containing information about the Paiute's location, culture, religion, and more.

Investigate the group of people who lived in Nevada known as the Washoe.

Provides an overview of the culture of Western Shoshone people who lived in northern Nevada and northwestern Utah.. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social...

A wealth of facts is presented in this article on the Arctic Ocean. Content covered includes the area, natural resources, climate, terrain and much more.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

A broad selection of images featuring lighthouses and beacons can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.

Kids learn about the major deserts of the United States including the Mohave, the Sonoran, the Chihuahuan, and the Great Basin Desert. Geography of the US.

Once widespread in the grasslands and western basins of North America, by 1987 Black-footed Ferrets were thought to be extinct in the wild. Captive animals were bred in an effort to save the species, and in 1991, some were reintroduced...

California myotis are found in deserts and arid basins. They drink at small waterholes, and when they forage, they fly low and slow over water and other open areas, and at forest edges. Learn more about the Myotis californicus, more...

One subspecies of the White-eared Pocket Mouse may be extinct, and the other is extremely rare, consisting of isolated, relict populations near the western Mojave Desert in California. White-eared Pocket Mice are nocturnal and probably...

Thirty-one of the 48 sightings of Stejneger's beaked whale have come from Alaskan waters. It is suspected this species favors deep waters, including the Aleutian Trench and the Aleutian Basin, which is some 3,500 m deep, rather than the...

Since the massive conversion of land in the Columbia Basin to agriculture, the Washington Ground Squirrel has been in decline. During the 1980s, the number of localities where they were known to occur dropped from 179 to 35, all small in...

The range of the Long-tailed Pocket Mouse is mostly within the Mojave Desert, Colorado Desert, and the Great Basin. On cold nights, this animal becomes inactive and usually remains within its burrow system during winter. Learn more about...

The Inyo Shrew, also known as the Great Basin Dwarf Shrew, is a tiny, pale gray animal, only slightly larger than the closely-related Dwarf Shrew. Both species are found in the mountains of the Southwest, but their ranges are not known...

Townsend's Pocket Gophers require deep, moist soils of river valleys and ancient lake beds. Other pocket gophers that are found in the same region, in the northern Great Basin, prefer different soil types: Botta's Pocket Gopher is...

A very informative look at the Plains of China.

Explore the basics of a few habitats and then create an ecocolumn--a simulated cross-section of a biome such as a rain forest--with your own environment.

InterKnowledge Corp provides basic facts about the location, geography, climate, history and culture of South Africa.

Peruse this brief summary of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, home to Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Indians.

Research a plant or animal from the rainforest, identify its physical location within the rainforest and contribute information about that organism to a group project on rainforest habitats.

Map the world's rainforests and identify commonly used products made with materials that originated in rainforests. Determine whether or not the materials were harvested in a sustainable manner, and decide if that would affect your...