Archaeopteryx https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/facts/archaeopteryx
Is this animal a dinosaur or a bird? Maybe it’s both!
Fossil finds Found in a limestone quarry in Germany in 1861, the first Archaeopteryx
Is this animal a dinosaur or a bird? Maybe it’s both!
Fossil finds Found in a limestone quarry in Germany in 1861, the first Archaeopteryx
For our Special Endangered Animals Issue, we’re celebrating five animals that were once in trouble but are now recovering. Before you read about these inspiring comebacks, take a fun quiz to discover the best way you can help your favorite critter.
to follow the social media feed of a Gobi bear living in southern Mongolia, and find
How explorers found this missing ship 100 years after it sank
Inspired by the adventurers, he was determined to find the lost ship.
Create your own stop-motion animated movie!
Gather or make the characters and props you’ll need for your movie, then find or
The sun sets over a quiet backyard garden. A red fox sneaks into the yard, its nose in the air, sniffing loudly—it smells something. It pads over to the bushes when a streak of brown flashes in the greenery. An eastern cottontail rabbit darts out of the bushes, zigging and zagging to throw the surprised fox off of its trail. The speedy rabbit zooms into the nearby woods, easily escaping the potential predator.
Rabbit videos Pearly Whites Find out why a rabbit, lobster, shark, and dinosaur all
Not far from the North Pole, the world is frozen for thousands of miles. Suddenly a snowy mound wiggles and reveals two dark eyes. The lump is transformed into the furry white body of a lone arctic fox. The canine casually shakes the blanket of snow off her thick coat—the key to her survival. But warm fur alone might not keep this fox alive during the polar winter, when temperatures rarely get above zero degrees Fahrenheit. Until spring arrives, this arctic fox will rely on some freeze-defying strategies, making it a champion of the cold.
rodents called lemmings, but when times are tough they’ll eat whatever they can find
Vultures may be gross, but they play an important role in the ecosystem.
Nature Boom Time Videos Travel the U.S. and find out about different kinds of trees—and
Eva Absher, the vice president of visual identity at National Geographic Kids, gives you a first-hand account about overseeing a team of designers, illustrators, and photographers to create the stunning art found in the Explorer Academy book series.
Kids focus groups, we found that kids DID want art, but not too much, so we had to find
Some species of cicada live as long as 17 years, though most of the time is spent underground. There are two groups of cicadas: annual cicadas and periodical cicadas.
(Find out about the 2024 cicada emergence at Nat Geo.)
Deserts are the driest places on Earth—they get fewer than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain a year. Some deserts may get a lot of rain all at once. Then it might not rain again for months—or even years!
Nature Boom Time Videos Travel the U.S. and find out about different kinds of trees—and