The Métis are a people descended of marriages of Cree, Ojibway, Algonquin, Saulteaux, Menominee, Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, and other First Nations to Europeans

The Mannahatta Project is demonstration of what Manhattan would have looked like before it was inhabited by humans. The ecology project by the Wildlife Conservation Society depicts what New York ...

From earliest times people wore masks when droughts or other disasters struck. They believed that the demons who had brought their misfortune upon them would become frightened off by the ...

The White Nile is a river of Africa, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the other being the Blue Nile. In the strict meaning, "White Nile" refers ...

Spectacle Island, a public park, is located in Boston Harbor about four miles from Downtown Boston. It can be accessed by shuttle boat or ferry.

Breakfast has been called the most important meal of the day. Some also believe that it should be the biggest meal of the day, to help get the metabolism under ...

John Cleese compared Sarah Palin to a parrot after being asked for his opinion on the Republican vice-presidential candidate during an interview. The Monty Python member suggested that Palin memorizes ...

Resveratrol is a phytoalexin that occurs in many plants when they're attacked by certain fungi or bacteria. Some similar compounds are being developed by pharmaceutical companies as treatments for ...