Perfect for nature-loving 7-12 year olds, each issue of Nat Geo Kids is carefully curated to ignite curiosity and spark conversations about science and nature, empowering children to love and care for our beautiful planet.
Hey Kids! Howl you all doing?! In this month’s fiendishly fun issue, we meet three Nat Geo Explorers who are helping protect ‘spooky’ species. Plus we learn about China’s Terracotta Army, 2,200-year-old day soldiers carved to protect an emperor in the afterlife. Whoa! Our cute cover star this month is a baby chimpanzee - turn to page 8 to read how two of the apes were rescued from the illegal pet trade. Then check out some faboolous photos from Australia - witch one’s your fave?! This month’s maq is packed, with fangtastic puzzles and crafts that’ll put you in the mood for trick-or-treating! Enjoy the issue!…
Fishy mosaic unearthed! Wroxeter, then known as Viroconium, was one of Roman Britain’s largest cities! A 2,000-year-old mosaic floor depicting brightly-coloured dolphins and cute fish has been discovered at Wroxeter Roman City near Shrewsbury! The ancient artwork was a surprise discovery, unearthed while archaeologists searched for the city’s temple. Researchers think the mosaic decorated a townhouse owned by a wealthy Roman family in around AD 90. The team also found coins, pottery and a painted plaster wall on one side of the tiled floor. After taking lots of photographs, the team reburied the mosaic to preserve it, but they’ve recorded its location so it won’t be lost again. Phew! 750 new Australian species! A whopping 750 newly discovered organisms were added to the Australian National Species List in September, including animals,…
Infartable fun! Newcastle Museum in New South Wales, Australia, was home to a giant inflatable human digestive system in August! Visitors to the Poo Palace, part of the Hunter Science Festival, climbed into a mouth, then boinged their way through a stomach, small intestine and colon before, er, plopping out of a very large bum! Beastly bird! Watch out if you’re visiting New York City in the USA - a monster pigeon looks like it’ll peck you up for its lunch! Fortunately, the 4.8m bird, perched on the High Line (a public park built on an old railway line), is just a superrealistic aluminium sculpture by artist Iván Argote. Phew! Mucky mayhem! Hundreds of sillysports fans took part in the 2024 Mud Flats Olympics in Brunsbuetel, Germany, this August. Events…
An 18-month-old chimpanzee cowers on the floor with a rope tied around his waist. A poacher has killed the baby’s mother to get to him, and has brought the chimp to this small village, away from the ape’s forest home. Nearby, another baby chimp, a 20-month-old female, has also been orphaned by poachers. The wildlife thieves plan to sell these young animals into the illegal pet trade. Just in time, rangers from the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, find the poachers and rescue the chimps. But the infants are unwell. Lonely and scared, they’ve probably eaten nothing but bananas and sugarcane, which don’t contain the nutrients they need. Without proper care, the chimps won’t survive. Apes in the air The rangers know that…
*A primate is a mammal from an order (group) that includes humans, apes, monkeys and lemurs. 1 They usually have tails. A. Monkeys B. Apes C. Both 2 Some species have furry faces. A. Monkeys B. Apes C. Both 3 In trees, they prefer swinging to leaping. A. Monkeys B. Apes C. Both 4 They have narrow chests. A. Monkeys B. Apes C. Both 5 Their brains are large for their body size. A. Monkeys B. Apes C. Both 6 They can walk on two legs. A. Monkeys B. Apes C. Both 7 Most species use tools. A. Monkeys B. Apes C. Both 8 They live in Africa and Asia. A. Monkeys B. Apes C. Both 9 They’re found in Central and South America. A. Monkeys B. Apes C. Both…
NDIMUH B. SHANCHO: BIG FROG FAN Goliath frogs are the world’s largest frog species, so conservationist Ndimuh was excited when he finally saw one of the house-cat sized amphibians in 2014. But that thrill was mixed with terrible sadness - because the giant frog was dead. It had been killed by hunters and was being sold by the side of a road as a super-sized snack. At least 20,000 goliath frogs are illegally hunted every year in southwestern Cameroon, where they’re also threatened by habitat destruction and pollution. Ndimuh knew he had to do something to help… FRIENDS NOT FOOD Ndimuh set up workshops teaching 100 local kids about the endangered frogs. The children wrote frog-themed poems, speeches and songs, and performed them on local radio and TV stations, calling…
