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.
Hi Kids! We're mutts about this issue's cover feature – it's all about ten incredible pups whose sensitive snouts are saving human and animal lives. Pawsome! If cats are more your bag, check out the African golden cats on page 18, who NG Explorer Mwezi Mugerwa is working hard to save. There are more animal rescues on page 22, as we follow the journey of an orphaned sun bear. So cute! Plus, on page 36, find out what pangolins have in common with superheroes (it's more than you think!). Also this month, we go a swashbuckling ride through history with six fearsome pirates – shiver me timbers! Enjoy the issue!…
Man walks 85km in curlew costume! While many of you spent the Easter weekend hunting eggs and gobbling choc, conservationist Matt Trevelyan from the Nidderdale National Landscape team had a very different experience. He dressed as a giant bird and went for an 85km walk! Bird-lover Matt wanted to raise awareness of the Eurasian curlew, an elegant wader with a long, curved beak and wailing call. Once common across the UK's moors and farmland, the little-known bird's numbers have plummeted by 60% in the last 50 years, due to industrial farming and climate change. So Matt took action by donning a homemade curlew costume and setting off on a two-day hike along the Nidderdale Way in Yorkshire. He chatted to locals about curlews on the walk – and got LOTS of…
Invisible man! Can you spot Chinese artist Liu Bolin in these pics? The king of camouflage, Liu poses for self-portraits in public spaces around the world, blending in with his surroundings! After he's worked out where to stand, Liu's assistants paint his face and clothing to match the patterns behind him. Ink-redible! DINO DASH! More than 500 people stumbled around Japan's Funabashi Racecourse in March, dressed as T. rex dinosaurs! The inflatable fiesta looked sensationally silly! LENGTHY LUNCH! The ‘World's Longest Lunch’ took place in Melbourne, Australia, in March. A whopping 1,500 diners tucked into a three-course meal, seated at a 600m-long table! Hope the food hadn't gone cold by the time the last person got their grub! Terrific trot! Dozens of miniature horses and their human team-mates took part…
Secrets of the Penguins NG Explorer Bertie Gregory tells us about his brrr-illiant new series! Hi Bertie! Penguins are well-known animals – but you set out to find their secrets! What did you discover? One of my favourites is that emperor penguin chicks form friendships! They huddle together to get through storms. And after being abandoned by their parents at five months old, these little gangs make their way to the sea together. What was it like watching them enter the ocean for the first time? Emotional! We filmed this one group of young penguins who took a wrong turn and found themselves at the top of a 50-foot ice cliff (below)! It's the equivalent of going for your very first swimming lesson but there's no teacher and you have…
Cave camping! Nat Geo photographer Robbie Shone and his fellow explorers had been walking through San Wang Dong cave in central China for three hours, heading deeper and deeper inside when, finally, they passed the furthest point of exploration. “From that moment on, everything we saw was new to human eyes,” Robbie explains. Because it had taken the team so long to reach that point, they decided to spend the night in the cave and continue their trek in the morning. “We moved rocks to make space for our sleeping bags, hung up hammocks, lit candles and ate freeze-dried meals,” he says. That's when Robbie noticed a crevice high up on the cave wall. “I thought it would be a great place to take a photo of the camp,” he…
If you've ever taken a dog for a walk, you'll know how much they love a good sniff – on lampposts, fences, patches of grass and lots of other dogs’ bums! That's because dogs’ noses are incredibly sensitive, picking up scents (and ‘messages’) that we humans can't detect. Remarkably, dogs have about 300 million smell receptors in their noses (we have just six million!), and so for centuries, their super-sense has been used to help humans – from solving crimes and finding missing people to detecting diseases and tracking down rare wildlife. Read on as we meet ten clever (and cute) canines who've learned to detect some VERY surprising scents… 1 BARLEY THE POOP SLEUTH BREED: Border collie WHERE: Alaska, USA Ball-obsessed Barley was a terrible family pet. With endless energy and an…
