Each biome has characteristics that make it unique, for example Alaska is a type of tundra. The animals and plants have to be really tough to survive the freezing conditions. Deserts are dry and ...

Biomes are regions in Minecraft that have different terrain generations, block composition, climate, mob spawns, etc. When you first spawn in a new world, it will be in an Overworld biome.

you'll often find more of said resource in one biome over the other. For example, we found our first pheasant and plenty of sheep in the Emerald Isles, but we found dozens of pheasants and fewer ...