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.
Oology is the study of BIRD EGGS. JAPAN HAS MORE VENDING MACHINES THAN NEW ZEALAND HAS PEOPLE. KANGAROO RATS CAN MOVE 9 FEET IN A SINGLE JUMP. One person wrote an ENTIRE NOVEL without using the letter E. Fingerprints last up to 40 YEARS on paper. Pudus—the SMALLEST TYPE OF DEER—run in a zigzag pattern to escape predators. AN OCTUPUS CAN DETACH AN ARM ON PURPOSE TO DISTRACT A PREDATOR. IN ENGLAND, PEOPLE WERE ONCE PAID TO ACT AS ALARM CLOCKS, KNOCKING ON WINDOWS TO WAKE HOUSEHOLDS. The Vesta asteroid has a mountain more than twice the size of Mount Everest. CHECK OUT THIS BOOK!…
Plant Power American pikas gather mouthfuls of small shrubs, clovers, grasses, wildflowers, and other plants to add to their hay pile. The rodent-like mammals will eat this mound of vegetation all winter long. One large salad, please. Extra Spicy Check out these table manners: When a meerkat finds a scorpion, it grabs the arachnid with its forepaws, bites off and spits out the deadly stinger, removes the venom by dragging the squirming critter through the sand, then finally chows down. Crunch! Gulp! The throat pouch of a brown pelican expands to help it scoop up fish. Once a fish is trapped, the pouch gets smaller to empty the water. Then the pelican jerks back its head and swallows the swimmer whole. Go Bananas! Bornean orangutans spend about three hours each…
TORTOISE ROCKS 3D SHELL Kind humans had this tortoise’s back—literally. When Fred the red-footed tortoise lost 85 percent of her shell in a forest fire, volunteers went to work creating a new one: the world’s first 3D-printed tortoise shell. The replacement shell was made by printing out four separate sections of corn-based plastic, which were then painted to appear more natural. Fred’s new look certainly fooled us. OCEAN ART SHOW You’ll need a bathing suit to check out this art show. Located off the coast of France, the Underwater Museum of Cannes is home to six submerged sculptures from Jason deCaires Taylor, who holds the record for the most underwater art installations. Taylor, who’s completed 12 aquatic installations around the world, uses only eco-friendly materials in his work. His sculptures…
7 ADORABLE FACTS ABOUT DESERT ANIMALS 1 A fennec fox’s extra-furry paws help prevent it from sinking into shifting desert sands. 2 Meerkats have a special third eyelid, known as a nictitating membrane, that helps keep out sand. 3 Sand cats hunt vipers and other snakes. 4 The desert hedgehog is about the size of a small grapefruit when it’s curled up. 5 When food is scarce, scorpions can live off just one insect a year. 6 The gerenuk, an antelope that lives in Africa, never needs to drink water. 7 During hot summers, African bullfrogs burrow underground and make a cocoon out of their dead skin.…
1 THEY’RE OUTTA THERE A stormy chase in 1980 caused the Panagiotis to run aground on the Greek isle of Zakynthos. The stranded crew of smugglers supposedly abandoned their ship to avoid capture by the Greek Navy, leaving behind a now rusty souvenir for beachgoers. 2 REFUGE IN THE REEF The steel-built S.S. Yongala, which sank in the middle of what’s now Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park during a 1911 cyclone, is now an underwater refuge for oysters, sea fans, damselfish, and cod. Scuba divers also like to explore this popular artificial reef. 3 DIGGING FOR HISTORY Treacherous currents, storms, and sandbars have wrecked an estimated 1,000 ships off of Hatteras Beach in North Carolina. Tides and wind pull back the sand for beachgoers and archaeologists, who can then…
Squirrel Goes Nuts Fargo, North Dakota A North American red squirrel picked a surprising spot to stash its walnuts: a pickup truck. The truck’s owner, Bill Fischer, has tried parking in different spots for eight years but always ends up plucking the lime-size nuts from his vehicle. Last year, after returning from a four-day trip, Fischer found a bigger mess than ever before: His truck was full of 300 pounds of walnuts! They were stuffed around the engine, in the front bumper, by the wheels, and in parts of the frame. These squirrels are larder hoarders, which means they keep their treasured treats in one or a few places that they carefully guard instead of spreading out the haul. But why this truck? “It appears to be in the squirrel’s…
