NEW YORK >> The American Museum of Natural History is presenting a bilingual exhibit that explores Cuba’s biodiversity and culture.

The exhibition — called “¡Cuba!” — opens Monday and was developed in collaboration with Cuba’s National Museum of Natural History under an agreement signed in the summer in Havana.

The wide-ranging exhibition includes photographs and quotes from Cubans, a display on the cultivation of tobacco, a film about Cuba’s history and lifelike models representing the island’s wildlife.

“What we wanted with this exhibit is to take people beyond the headlines to what they may not know or expect about Cuba,” said curator Ana Luz Porzecanski, director of the museum’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. “Cuba is much more than its wonderful music or Cuban cigars or old cars. Cuba is also a fascinating nation of remarkable biodiversity.”

The United States and Cuba, a Caribbean island nation, are just 90 miles apart but had frigid relations for decades. They announced in December 2014 that they were restoring diplomatic ties, broken in 1961 after Fidel Castro took power in Cuba and installed a communist government.

The exhibit will run through Aug. 13.

Whisper Ridge offers pricey off-the-grid experience

For skiers with plenty of money who are looking to get totally off the grid, Whisper Ridge Cat Skiing offers 60,000 acres of private terrain to carve through in the day and the option to spend nights at luxury yurts.

The operation, located about 85 miles northeast of Salt Lake City, uses modified snow cats to carry skiers up and down the hills.

Day rates are $450 per person in the early and late season and $495 during the heart of winter. Yurt lodging rates range from $725 to $1,000 a night depending on the type of yurt and dates.

It is not the first cat skiing operation in Utah. Park City Powder Cats has been around for years. It offers rates of $549 to $569 per day, depending on the dates. Alta, Powder Mountain and Snowbird also are offering cat skiing packages.