Perfect for nature-loving 7-12 year olds, each issue of Nat Geo Kids is carefully curated to ignite curiosity and spark conversations about science and nature, empowering children to love and care for our beautiful planet.
Hi Kids! Dive into this month's splashing new issue of NGK, shellebrating our world's wonderful oceans. We learn about seven seaprising sharks – including one species that can live for a fin-omenal 400 years. Whoa! We also discover the clever hunting techniques that dolphins use to catch prey. They dolphinately deserve their dinner! Plus, we meet three NG Explorers who are working with sea creatures, and hear about a brave kayaker who's paddled with great white sharks. Yikes! Enjoy the fishue!…
Council meeting goes wild! Council meetings can sometimes be dreary affairs – but not the Interspecies Democracy meeting in Southampton last month. Attendees dressed up as fungi, worms, butterflies, bees, water voles and fish to represent local wildlife, and the meeting was led by an ‘owl’ and a ‘river’! Part of the region's Urban Wild Festival, the theatrical event might seem silly, but it had a serious purpose: to make us think about what political decisions might be made if non-humans had a say in things, too! The wildlife representatives – including several knowledgeable kids – explained their animals’ roles in the ecosystem, described the challenges they face and then put questions to the council asking what they would do to protect them. Hear, hear! National Cat Awards! Calling all…
Tasty tumble! These foolhardy folk took part in the annual Cheese-Rolling contest in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, at the end of May. Racers legged it down a steep 180m hill in pursuit of a rolling 3kg wheel of double Gloucester. The prize for the first person down the slope? The cheese! The risky rolling event has been held since 1826 – a truly cheesy feat! Surprising sneakers! Fed up that his collection of sports shoes kept falling apart, artist Brock DeBoer decided to immortalise them in clay! Brock, from California in the USA, takes about 12 hours to make each porcelain pump, recreating everything – including the stitches and the laces – out of china. Clay-mazing! Super splat! There was more foody mayhem in South America this summer as revellers hurled overripe…
Savages This superb stop-motion movie opens with a bang when an orphaned baby orangutan is rescued by 11-year-old Kéria and her father, a palm oil plantation worker. But Kéria doesn't show the same kindness to her young cousin Selaï when he comes to stay – and he soon runs off back into the Bornean rainforest to rejoin his tribe, with Oshi the little orangutan in tow… After a heart-stopping night lost in the magical, terrifying jungle, the trio make their way to their grandparents', where Kéria learns about her Indigenous heritage, and joins the battle to protect the rainforest from destruction. This charming, powerful film is a must-see! ● In cinemas 1 August Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years For 50 years, artist Andy Goldsworthy has worked with nature to make beautiful…
Paddling with predators For ten long months, marine biologist and National Geographic photographer Thomas Peschak had been working with scientists off the coast of South Africa, hoping to get a photo of a great white shark from above. But the noise of their research boat had been affecting the animals’ behaviour, so he suggested that the team use a kayak to observe the huge fish instead. One day, research assistant Trey Snow was paddling in the crystal clear water when the shadowy shape of a large great white shark appeared. “I was watching from the research vessel, and just as Trey turned to check out the creature behind him, I snapped this shot,” Thomas says. “It can be nerve-racking to be in such a small craft alongside these 4.5m-long sharks, but…
Think all sharks are ferocious flesh-eating machines? Think again! There are more than 500 species of sharks on our planet, and many of them may surprise you. Some species, for instance, have such small teeth that they can't take a bite out of anything. Others are practically vegetarian! So grab a snorkel and read on to learn about some of these fin-tastic fish… A group of sharks is sometimes called a shiver! 1 Forever friends Lemon sharks Love hanging out with your mates? So do lemon sharks! Sticking together for safety, young lemon sharks help each other watch out for hungry predators including larger sharks. “Lemon sharks prefer to spend time with sharks they've met before,” explains Clemency White, a researcher at the Bimini Biological Field Station in the Bahamas. “They…
