Welcome to the Marietta College Department of Biology and
Environmental Science's Biomes of the World web site! Although
designed primarily for our students in Environmental Biology
(Biology 102) and Ecology (Biology 318), we are placing it on
the web for the benefit of students and interested people
everywhere. The photography on this site has been done by
Marietta College faculty, staff, students and friends. The
photographs may be used for any educational purpose by any non-
profit educational institution, but please email for permission.
More about Photo Permissions. More about the project. Biomes of
the World - Click on the map to visit a biome or habitat. Scroll
down for more information on biomes! Click here for a full-size
version of the biome map. Biomes are major types of ecological
communities. These communities are recognizable on a regional
scale, although many other communities may exist there as well.
For instance, here in eastern North America where Marietta
College is located, our biome is the