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May 135 minFive Fast Facts About Lunar EclipsesThe night sky is awe-inspiring, even more so when something out of the ordinary, like a lunar eclipse, happens. Total lunar eclipses...
May 33 minHow Do Plants and Animals Know It's Spring? Take a look outside. Birds are chirping, tree leaves are budding, the grass is turning green again. It’s spring! But how do plants and...
Apr 193 minTake Up a Cause and Be An Environmental HeroHave you ever looked at some part of the world and thought, “Gosh, this really stinks! When I am old enough, I am going to do something...
Apr 15 minWhy Animals Are Sometimes the Wrong ColorAnimals are one of the first things we learn about as kids. We learn that cows moo, lions roar and frogs ribbit. We learn about farm...
Mar 182 minWhy Do Beavers Have Orange Teeth?Beavers chomp through trees with bright orange front teeth. Are beavers just forgetting to brush? Your dentist might not be happy to see...
Mar 153 minStop Hating on Spiders; They're Important TooSome animals don’t get much respect from people, and spiders are one of those creatures. Just like other animals with more than four...
Feb 283 minWhere Do Insects Go in Winter?When winter arrives, the world all around us seems to get a little quieter. Some animals enter hibernation, some leave the area...
Feb 234 minFive Facts About Winter's Trademark: SnowSnow is one of the most polarizing things about winter. People love snow or hate snow, but even people who love snow sometimes get sick...
Feb 182 minCrows, Ravens Often Confused, But Both Viewed Suspiciously Crows and ravens are both birds that are all black in color, which might be why some people consider them a bad omen. Both birds have...
Feb 112 minDo Animals Fall in Love? MaybeLove is giving someone a bouquet of flowers. Love is building a home for your family. Love is doing a beautiful dance. And sometimes,...
Feb 82 minRing Around the Moon or Sun? It's a HaloHave you ever looked up at the moon and wondered why it looked as though it was surrounded by a perfect circle of light? Were your eyes...
Jan 312 minWhere Do Robins Go in Winter?Many people consider the sight of a robin a sign of spring, a promise of warmer days ahead. But robins are also sometimes spotted in the...
Jan 282 minThese Woodpeckers Often Confused, But They Don't Look AlikeUnlike many cases of mistaken animal identification, red-headed woodpeckers and red-bellied woodpeckers don't actually look alike. The...
Jan 262 minFossils A Rare Find, And Some Are Billions of Years OldFossils are evidence of the living things that lived long ago, and they have been found all over the globe. The youngest fossils are from...
Jan 184 minFive Wild Facts About Not-So-Nice Blue JaysWith their bright blue feathers and their loud, piercing call, blue jays are one of our most easily identifiable birds. If you keep bird...
Jan 76 minI Spy: Some Animals Are Masters Of CamouflageIn the animal kingdom, it is often eat or be eaten. Because of this, many animals have developed some defense mechanisms to keep them...
Dec 22, 20213 minFive Fun Facts About Our Only Marsupial, The OpossumOpossums are one of those animals that are so ugly they’re cute, which makes easy to identify. Once you've seen one, there's no mistaking...
Dec 7, 20214 minWhat Can You Do To Help Endangered Species? A LotWhen you think about endangered species, you might think about gorillas or tigers or elephants, but we have endangered species living...
Dec 3, 20214 minDo Animals Give Gifts? Many DoAnimals might not celebrate Christmas or Chanukah or Diwali or Eid, but that doesn’t mean they don’t give gifts. We are not the only...