Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2025 i National Geographic Kids

Oh, no—this bear is awake! We had just crawled 70 feet into a black bear’s den to change the batteries on its tracking collar while it was hibernating. But when we turned a corner of the cave, lead researcher Wes Larson and I were shocked to find that the bear was not sleeping. Larson quickly aimed his tranquilizer dart as I snapped this photo with my camera—then we turned to scramble away. The bear lumbered toward us, sleepy from the first dart but not tired enough to stop moving. We barricaded the cave’s entryway with our backpacks, but the bear bulldozed its way past the bags by sliding through them on its belly. Larson grabbed the bear’s collar and pulled himself up onto the animal’s back as three other researchers…

“Everything sloths do is in slow motion— it’s like they’re trying to swim through a lake of Nutella,” SloCo founder Rebecca Cliffe says. “Even when they blink, it’s slow!” A female brown-throated sloth crosses a busy highway in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. On the other side, she arrives at an outdoor produce market. The confused animal climbs over a pile of broccoli crowns to get to a water pipe that’s attached to the stand’s sink. She may think this is a tree trunk—but she won’t find any tasty leaves here. Luckily, one of the vendors knows to call a local conservation group called the Sloth Conservation Foundation, or SloCo for short. Rescuers arrive and gently scoop up the sloth with gloved hands. Later, they release her into a nearby forest.…

On a warm day some 66 million years ago, a bright light blazes across the sky: It’s an asteroid the size of San Francisco, California—and it’s coming straight toward Earth. The animals below notice the sky getting hotter and brighter as the six-milewide space rock hurtles through Earth’s atmosphere at a speed more than 50 times faster than the speed of sound. Up until this day, dinosaurs have roamed the planet for roughly 165 million years. That’s more than 500 times longer than modern humans have lived! But their reign is about to come to an end. Keep reading to find out what happened to these creatures during Earth’s most famous extinction event. EXTINCTION TIMELINE MOMENT OF IMPACT The asteroid slams into the shallow sea near what is now Mexico’s…

Mount Erebus’s volcanic gases include tiny particles of gold. The volcano spews out gold worth about $8,000 each day! Antarctica is a desert even though it’s covered mostly in ice. LOCATION: Mount Erebus, Antarctica In the middle of Antarctica’s icy landscape, a fiery volcano rages. Gas billows into the sky, while at the peak, a red-hot lake spits out a lava bomb—a blazing ball of molten rock—onto the snowy slopes below. This is Mount Erebus(pronounced AIR-uh-buss), the world’s southernmost active volcano. Mount Erebus has been erupting for more than 50 years. Even though temperatures on the outside of the volcano can dip as low as minus 40°F, the lava inside bubbles at more than 1700°F. “It doesn’t matter to erupting lava whether it’s tropical or polar outside,” says Clive Oppenheimer,…

MANDARIN DUCK Cute Fact: If a predator appears, a mandarin duck might distract it by faking an injury. EMPEROR TAMARIN Cute Fact: When a baby emperor tamarin is born, adult males in the group bathe and care for it. AXOLOTL Cute Fact: Axolotls can regenerate damaged limbs and even small parts of their brains. ROCK HYRAX Cute Fact: Rock hyraxes’ foot pads act like suction cups to help them climb super-steep slopes. KLIPSPRINGER Cute Fact: This antelope’s name means “rock jumper” in Afrikaans(a language spoken in southern Africa).…

Animals often blend in with their environments for protection. Find the animals listed below in the photographs. Then write the letter of the correct photo next to each animal’s name. ANSWERS BELOW 1. snowshoe hare 2. saltwater crocodile 3. moray eel 4. Peringuey’s adder snake 5. great gray owl 6. Coleman shrimp 7. Bengal tiger 8. praying mantis 9. pygmy seahorse 10. Sunda flying lemur* 11. Ecuadorian sac-winged bat *A flying lemur is similar to a flying squirrel.…

JAPANESE MACAQUE SnowMonkey JAPANESE MACAQUE LIVES: Near Nagano, Japan SCREEN NAME: SnowMonkey FRIENDS: Below START…

Waking from a nap, a fuzzy kitten blinks open its big eyes and yawns to reveal a tiny pink tongue. Then it stretches its body, exposing a furry little tummy. Curling back into a ball, the kitten lets out a soft meow and goes back into snooze mode. So adorable! Whether it’s a sleepy kitty or a bumbling baby elephant, certain traits in animals drive our cuteo-meters wild. And it turns out that science can explain our need to squee over critters. Scientists think our tendency to value cuteness has to do with species survival. Human babies are born helpless: They need adults to look after them. Having features that grown-ups find irresistible helps make sure that the baby is cared for and played with so that it’s healthy and…