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Firefighter

What is this job like? Every year, fires take many lives and destroy billions of dollars worth of property. Firefighters help protect people and property. They are often the first at an accident or…

DK Science: Prehistoric Life

FOSSIL DRAGONFLYELASMOSAURUSERAS OF LIFE ON EARTHDINOSAURSFIND OUT MORESince life began, more than 3.5 billion years ago, evolution has produced an enormous variety of living things. The…

DK Nature: Fish

WHERE DO FISH LIVE? HOW DO SHARKS HUNT? ARE THERE ANY PARASITIC FISH? FISH CLASSIFICATIONGILLS BIOLUMINESCENCEFIND OUT MOREFish are aquatic animals with an inner skeleton, including skull, ribs…

Bacteria vs. Virus

What's the Difference? Bacteria are tiny, one-celled living organisms that can only be seen with a microscope. They live and breed in warm, moist environments in the body and elsewhere, growing…

DK History: American Indians

WHAT WAS THE LEAGUE OF FIVE NATIONS? HOW DID PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST LIVE? WHY DID FARMERS BECOME HUNTERS? FIND OUT MOREThe lands of North America were originally occupied by a wide variety of…

DK Nature: Biology

WHAT EXACTLY DO BIOLOGISTS STUDY? DO BIOLOGISTS ONLY STUDY STRUCTURE? MICROBIOLOGYFIND OUT MOREThe study of life and living things is called biology. Scientists who study biology are known as…

DK Nature: Reptiles

WHAT DO REPTILES EAT? HOW DO REPTILES ESCAPE FROM DANGER? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TURTLE AND A TORTOISE? HOW DO REPTILES REPRODUCEHOW DO CROCODILES HUNT? REPTILE…

Fairies

Perhaps you think of Pinocchio's Blue Fairy, the Good Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, or Peter Pan's Tinkerbell when you imagine a fairy. But in fact, fairies don't like to…

People at a Glance

People have lived in the world for millions of years. Today, 6.3 billion people live on the earth.The world's population grows by 100 million each year. Some 950 million people in the world are…