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.
SMELLING good scents while SLEEPING might give you HAPPY DREAMS. Some MONKEYS in THAILAND TEACH their young to FLOSS. There are SOLID GOLD pizza-size Canadian coins worth ONE MILLION Canadian dollars. THE TREE WAS LIKE THAT WHEN I GOT HERE. A BEAVER has a SET OF LIPS behind its FRONT TEETH. AN EARTHQUAKE in CHILE shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 MICRO- SECONDS. Some ARTISTS use CHEWING GUM to make PAINTINGS. The SOUND of waves CRASHING comes mostly from AIR BUBBLES. APPLES FLOAT but PEARS TYPICALLY SINK. A SAILFISH can LEAP through the air at 68 miles an hour. Check out the book and app!…
WILD EARS! Harbor the coonhound must be a good listener. With an ear span longer than two feet, the pooch holds the record for the longest ears on a living dog. As a puppy, he used to trip over them! Bred as hunting dogs, coonhounds have long ears to help pick up scents. As the ears swing back and forth, they fan smells toward the nose. Maybe Harbor can use them to better sniff out his dinner. WORLD’S LONGEST HAIR This woman’s hair is so long that she travels with an assistant to hold her mane! Xie Quiping of China has the world’s longest hair: more than 18 feet of it! Growing it for nearly 45 years, Xie Quiping takes about an hour each morning to comb and coil her…
DOG LOVES OWL Cornwall, England Before Bramble the owl takes to the sky for her daily flight, Sophi the English springer spaniel clears her for takeoff by licking the bird’s beak. “Since the owl was a baby, Sophi has cleaned Bramble’s beak,” says Sharon Bindon, the dog’s owner, who also runs a sanctuary for birds of prey. “Bramble returns the favor and ‘beaks’ the dog, as if he were grooming Sophi.” The Eurasian eagle owl and spaniel became best friends when two-week-old Bramble arrived at Ancient Art Falconry. “Sophi sniffed and licked the chick,” Bindon says. “Soon Bramble hopped down, toddled over to Sophi, and started following her everywhere.” For years, the two were practically inseparable, even though in the wild this friendship would never exist. A wild owl would…
CHOOSE THIS Your powerful jaw can chomp through anything. or CHOOSE THAT You can drink through your skin. If you CHOSE THIS You might not want to eat steel, but having a jaw powerful enough to bite through something that hard works out well for the GIANT PANDA. The panda’s round head holds a set of POWERFUL JAW MUSCLES that make it easy to munch down on thick bamboo stalks—stalks that are so tough that some can withstand compression even BETTER THAN CONCRETE CAN! A giant panda spends about 12 hours a day eating bamboo. Chomp. If you CHOSE THAT You never have to worry about becoming dehydrated with a GREEN FROG’S SUPERSKIN, as long as you live in a moist, wetland spot. A frog’s skin absorbs MOISTURE, and these amphibians…
Clearwater, Florida DOLPHIN GETS NEW TAIL Winter the dolphin struggled against the discarded rope tangled around her body. If she couldn’t break free, she’d die. Rescuers rushed her to Clearwater Marine Aquarium, where they fought to keep her alive. The dolphin survived, but caregivers weren’t able to save her damaged tail. Clever Winter taught herself to swim by waggling from side to side, but this injured her spine. That’s when local scientists Kevin Carroll and Dan Strzempka had an idea: the first ever prosthetic, or artificial, dolphin tail! The tail, which attaches to her body like a rubber glove, took some getting used to. At first, Winter would toss it across the pool for her trainers to retrieve—just like a game of fetch. But after a few months of training,…
ATTENTION ALL EARTH LOVERS: You know this planet is an amazing place to live … but it needs your help. This special Save the Earth issue focuses on four major environmental challenges facing our planet: climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, and declining biodiversity. And you can do plenty to pitch in! The next 16 pages are packed with information about each topic—plus tons of tips on how you can help. If every Nat Geo Kids reader takes action, just think what we can accomplish together. But first, take our quiz to see which challenge you’re most suited to tackle. Then get going. There’s a planet to protect! YOU’RE A: HABITAT HERO You love spending time outdoors, whether you’re trekking through a national park or playing barefoot in your backyard. You…
