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.
A SPECIES OF SPIDER PLAYS PEEKABOO TO ATTRACT MATES. Arica, Chile, once went 14 years with no rainfall. Some turtles glow in the dark. SHEEPSHEARING IS A COMPETITIVE SPORT. Located in Reutlingen‚ Germany‚ the narrowest street in the world is only 1 foot wide. You become temporarily paralyzed while you dream. CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…
1 Sea otters have up to a million hairs per square inch of fur. 2 Some bears might rub against trees to cover their fur with tick-repelling sap. 3 Like many animals, chinchillas roll in dirt to remove extra oil from their fur. 4 Beavers use a special claw to comb waterproof oil all over their fur. 5 Scientists have observed birds called brown jays feasting on moths that live in sloth fur. 6 Platypus fur glows under ultraviolet light. 7 A red panda’s fur-covered paw pads help it grip trees while climbing.…
HUGE HORNS Other goats should avoid butting heads with Albino. That’s because he holds the record for the largest horn spread on a goat. From tip to tip, Albino’s horns span nearly five feet. (That’s about the height of an 11-year-old.) The goat’s owners say Albino takes charge when guarding and protecting the baby goats, called kids. But otherwise he mostly keeps to himself. Guess he doesn’t want to toot his own horn … er, horns. BIG OL’ HULA HOOP Yuya Yamada didn’t jump through any hoops to set a record … but he did spin a really big one. He holds the record for the largest hula hoop spun by a man. Yamada created the nearly 18-foot-wide hoop, then completed three full revolutions around his waist. We totally understand…
Flower Power Hummingbirds can stick their tongues in and out of a flower up to 20 times a second. Their extended tongues are as long as their beaks, allowing them to reach the nectar pooling in the bottom of flowers. Drink up! Ant Licker What else does the giant anteater of Central and South America eat besides ants? Termites. With its sticky, two-foot-long tongue, the toothless mammal swallows up to 35,000 termites and ants each day. Funny Honey When they open their mouths, sun bears of Southeast Asia unroll a nearly foot-long tongue. These long lickers are perfect for lapping up honey from beehives. Sweet! Nose Picker A long neck isn’t the only reason giraffes can grab acacia leaves off treetops. An 18-inch-long tongue helps, too. But that’s not all…
1 TEETERTOTTER Gravity? What gravity? This narrow 29.5-foot-tall column of basalt seems to balance perilously over St. Marys Bay in Nova Scotia, Canada. 2 STEEP AND SACRED Rising 867 feet from base to summit in northwest Wyoming, Devils Tower is a sacred site to a number of Native American tribes. 3 ALIEN INVASION Fantastically eerie sandstone “goblins” mark the terrain of Goblin Valley State Park in Utah. Some compare this place to the landscape of Mars. 4 MAJESTIC DESERT Centuries of sand blown by desert winds have helped shape many amazing chalk-rock sculptures in the White Desert of Egypt. 5 GREAT GRANITE More than 500 million years of erosion by wind, rain, and seawater sculpted the unusually shaped Remarkable Rocks in Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.…
Mommy Mix-up Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa Watch out: Baby animal ahead! While driving through a national park, visitors spotted a newborn wildebeest racing behind a blue car. When the vehicle came to a stop, the tiny calf nuzzled a tire and even tried to drink milk from it. The youngster might’ve been wondering: Are you my mom? Since the calf was probably only about a day old, the newborn likely hadn’t completely bonded with its mother yet, African wildlife expert Markus Hofmeyr says. So when it was separated from its mom, the baby wildebeest had a strong instinct to follow any large moving object. The behavior keeps very young calves close to their mothers and their herd, which can protect them from predators like lions and jackals. The calf followed…
