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.
AN ATLANTIC PUFFIN CAN HOLD AS MANY AS A DOZEN SMALL FISH IN ITS BILL AT ONE TIME. MOST SHARKS WOULD SINK IN FRESH WATER. In Japan, you could buy doughnuts stuffed with ramen noodles. A GROUP OF GIRAFFES IS CALLED A TOWER. A HEXAGON-SHAPED HURRICANE HAS HOVERED OVER SATURN’S NORTH POLE FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS. The first baseball caps were made from straw. CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…
GIANT WAVE No wave is too high for this surfer. Maya Gabeira of Brazil holds the record for the largest wave surfed by a woman. Gabeira caught the 73-foot-6-inch wave at Praia do Norte, a beach in Portugal famous for its massive waves. (That’s about the same height as a seven-story building!) Surf’s up—way up. WASHING MACHINE TOSS Maybe this guy just really hates doing laundry. Johan Espenkrona of Sweden set the record for the farthest washing-machine throw after he tossed the nearly hundred-pound appliance almost 15 feet. Espenkrona outflung Kelvin de Ruiter, the record holder for the fastest time to flip a car five times. We’re hoping for a dryer toss next. DOG RUNS BASES OK, so this player can’t hold a bat—but he sure is speedy. Macho the Jack Russell…
Fan Cub Hey there, brown bear. Both adult bears and cubs, like this one in Finland, often stand on their hind legs to get a better view. (Sometimes of you!) Big Smile Say … spiders! The cute “grin” on a web-footed gecko is just extra space to gulp up grasshoppers, crickets, and savory spiders in southern Africa. Quick Cuddle Native to Australia, a baby quokka lives in its mother’s pouch for its first six months. Once out, the joey spends another few months keeping close to Mom for protection, milk, and snuggles. Love Peck For these African fliers, love really is in the air. Rosy-faced lovebirds form partnerships that can last throughout their 15 to 25 years of life. SEE MORE ANIMAL PHOTOS! natgeokids.com/moment-of…
1 A spider monkey can use its tail as a fifth “arm” to hang from branches. 2 When chasing prey, a cheetah swings its tail to one side to balance while turning quickly. 3 One type of snake has a tail that looks like a spider to lure prey like birds. 4 Zebras can aim the tips of their tails to swat flies. 5 To attract mates, the superb lyrebird fans its tail over its head like an umbrella, then dances and chirps. 6 Lions sometimes display friendliness by draping their tails over each other. 7 A giraffe’s tail can grow up to 8 feet—as long as a surfboard!…
MEGAFISH CHECK OUT SOME OF THE MOST SIZABLE SWIMMERS LURKING IN OUR OCEANS, RIVERS, AND LAKES. 1 OPEN WIDE! Although it could swallow you whole with its five-foot-wide mouth, the whale shark would never do that. These gentle giants grow as big as a school bus but feed on plankton and tiny fish—about three to six pounds an hour. 2 ABOUT THAT SNOUT The Mississippi River watershed is home to seven-foot-long paddlefish, sometimes called spoonies. Their long snouts—up to a third of their total body length—have organs that sense electrical fields. That helps the paddlefish find food and map their migration. 3 SOAK UP THE SUNFISH Found worldwide in temperate and tropical oceans, mola can grow up to 14 feet tall, 10 feet long, and nearly 5,000 pounds. That’s as heavy as…
Poo Powers Zoo Colden Common, England The donkeys, zebras, and giraffes at Marwell Zoo are creating renewable energy—by pooping! In the past, zookeepers sent off the animal waste to be composted. “But then we thought: We might as well use it!” says Duncan East, the zoo’s head of sustainability. Buildings are sometimes heated by burning oil. But oil is a limited resource that releases climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. So when this zoo built a new structure to house tropical plants and animals, they decided to heat it with animal poop instead. Keepers first mix poo from grass-eating animals with leftover bedding material like straw and wood. Then they dry and press the combo into bricks. They burn the bricks to heat water that warms a building where sloths, crocodiles,…
