ANTARCTIC WILDLIFE
Find fast facts and photos for all kinds of Antarctic wildlife—penguins, whales, and more.

CLIMATE
Check out climate patterns for thousands of places around the world.

BIOMES
Explore the world’s biomes and discover which plants and animals live where and why.

VOLCANOES
To find everything you need to know about volcanoes, click here.

EARTHQUAKES
This Web site will link you to everything you need to know about earthquakes. Track global earthquakes by geographic location, magnitude, and age using Seismic Monitor.

CURRENCY CONVERTER
Want to know how many Japanese yen you’d get for one U.S. dollar? Ask the currency converter.

TSUNAMIS
This NOAA Web site is your best bet for information about tsunamis.

EXTREME FACTS
Click here to find a galaxy of extreme facts about Earth, its creatures, and natural phenomenon.

FLAGS
Find out all about flags of the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, the United Nations, other international organizations, and more. Check out People & Places, Flags of the World, and CIA Factbook: Flags of the World.

LANGUAGES
Learn how to say "hello" to just about anyone in the world. Find out everything you need to know about language—who speaks what where, which ones are endangered, writing systems—even Internet usage.

MAPPING SITES
Discover a whole new mapping experience. Explore the world in 3D with Google Earth (National Geographic magazine is Featured Content) and Skyline Globe.

NATIONAL ANTHEMS
Listen and learn. More than 400 national anthems—their music, lyrics, history, and fun facts—are listed on this Web site.

POLITICAL WORLD
The CIA World Fact Book is your best bet for keeping up-to-date, country-by-country in our fast-changing world.

WORLD RELIGION
Find out more about the world’s major religions, their basic beliefs and followers, and where they are found.

TIME DIFFERENCES
Find the correct, current time in any world time zone and in any country or city.

TIME ZONE MAP
Download a free world time zone map from the U.S. Naval Observatory.

WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD
Find local weather for every U.S. zip code and for thousands of cities around the world.

WORLD HERITAGE SITES
Discover a global who's who of unique natural and man-made sites selected by the United Nations for preserving our world heritage.

MY WONDERFUL WORLD
Find more to explore and lots of other great games and activities at My Wonderful World.