National Geographic Kids magazine - the perfect balance between learning and fun! A must-have for children ages 6 and up. Each issue is packed with colorful photos, games, puzzles, fun features and facts about animals, science, technology, and more.
HEAVIEST SNAKE The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the heaviest venomous snake in the world. Found in the United States, these reptiles stretch up to six feet and typically weigh between 12 and 15 pounds. The heaviest one ever recorded weighed a whopping 34 pounds! SUPERLONG NAILS! This is one woman who never bites her nails. Ayanna Williams of Houston, Texas, holds the record for the longest fingernails on a woman. If all 10 nails were laid end to end, they’d measure nearly 19 feet longabout the height of five cows stacked on top of each other. Williams coats her nails with an acrylic gloss to keep them from breaking, then sometimes decorates them. The whole process takes nearly 20 hours. She can drive a car and wash dishes but avoids…
1 Golden silk orb-weaver spiders vibrate their webs to distract predators. 2 Black widow spiders are more venomous than rattlesnakes. 3 After a large meal, a tarantula may not eat for a month. 4 Crab spiders change color to blend in with their surroundings. 5 There are more than 44,000 species of spiders. 6 A spider eats about 2,000 insects a year. 7 The oldest known spiderfossils are more than 300million years old. CHECK OUT THIS BOOK!…
FREEDOM! NAME Otto FAVORITE ACTIVITY Planning escape strategies FAVORITE TOY Picklock PET PEEVE Pet detectives I KNEW OUR WET DOG SMELL WOULD GET RID OF THOSE KIDS. NAME Emma FAVORITE ACTIVITY Playing “Marco Polo” with dog pal, LB FAVORITE TOY Floating bone PET PEEVE The deep end THE DISHWASHER MISSED A SPOT. OR TWELVE. NAME Ruby FAVORITE ACTIVITY Washing dishes with her tongue FAVORITE TOY Dial on the dishwasher PET PEEVE The rinse cycle ONE ROLL DOWN, FIVE TO GO. NAME Bella FAVORITE ACTIVITY Unrolling all of the toilet paper in the house FAVORITE TOY Wadded-up toilet paper PET PEEVE Flushing…
Some of the sweetest Halloween goodies come wrapped ... in fur! Millions of pets will wear a disguise for the holiday, and Nat Geo Kids found some of the craziest critter costumes. Check out these fetching trick-or-treaters. MOST POPULAR PET COSTUMES What were the hottest pet costumes last Halloween? Take a look at some of the trendiest disguises. 1. pumpkin 2. hot dog 3. bee 4. lion and Star Wars character (tie) 5. devil 6. Batman character 7. witch 8. Superman character 9. superhero 10. cat SAFETY FUR-ST Even though it’s Halloween, you don’t want your pet to turn into a scaredy-cat. Follow these tips to make sure pets stay happy and safe this year. Eating chocolate and other candy can hurt your pet’s tummy, so keep your…
Ahungry barn owl swoops through the chilly night sky looking for a snack. Fallen leaves blanket the ground, providing the perfect hiding place for mice and voles, the owl’s prey. Luckily the bird has the ultimate feature to help it locate food: superhearing. A barn owl’s ears are so sensitive that the animal can hear the quiet rustling of rodents from dozens of feet away—and it can also pinpoint the exact spot where the noise is coming from. Using its extreme hearing, the bird homes in on a mouse and dives for its meal. All 225 species of owls have impressive skills and traits. “Owls are amazing at what they do,” says Kevin McGowan, an ornithologist (or bird expert) at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York. But certain…
You’re standing on a newly discovered planet, staring across its rocky landscape. This weird-looking world is covered in a dim red light. Suddenly you hear something moving nearby. A creature with huge eyes is lumbering toward you. It looks like … an alien?! This scenario might seem farfetched, but earlier this year NASA announced a discovery by astronomers that could mean the search for life beyond Earth has made a major breakthrough. The scientists found a new star system 40 light-years (the distance light travels in a year) from our planet. After 200 years on an ultrafast spacecraft, you’d arrive to see seven Earth-size worlds orbiting a small red star—and some of these worlds could be home to extraterrestrial life. OUT OF THIS WORLD Extra-solar planets, or planets outside of…
