North America is the third largest continent in the world. It is located in the Northern Hemisphere. The north of the continent is within the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer passes through ...

As long as locations are included, the observations will help fill out a map of North America showing which mushrooms are growing where at any point in the month. "The world of fungi is still ...

1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work on rice plantations. 1739: The Stono rebellion breaks out around Charleston ...

Free blacks and fugitive slaves flocked to the great cities of the North, and Philadelphia shone among them as a haven. With the passage of the country's first gradual abolition act, Philadelphia ...