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5 ways animals can teach kids kindness
Here are a few ideas to steer your pack in the right direction. Stories of animals behaving "kindly" can show kids they can also get along with anyone. Elephants that comfort friends, benevolent ...
These animals evolved to be ‘ultrablack’—here’s why
An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...
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Animals Everlasting
This story appears in the November 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... The many thousands of mummified animals that turned up at sacred sites throughout Egypt were just things to ...
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Play along with National Geographic Toys and Games
This edition of Bonza highlights themes like Animals ... Based on the Emmy-nominated National Geographic Channel TV series, Brain Games, Brain Games Kids Game takes players through a series ...
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Mantis shrimp
These solitary, aggressive animals are famous for their ferocious ... (Learn about the peacock mantis shrimp with your kids.) Not all mantis shrimp boast these spectacular colors.
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Unique anatomy sets giraffe apart in the animal kingdom
This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. At 14 to 19 feet tall, giraffes tower over the entire animal kingdom. But their iconic height, which evolved over ...
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For Animals, Plastic Is Turning the Ocean Into a Minefield
Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... proportion of their body mass than any other marine animal, researchers say: In one large population, 90 ...
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Pachycephalosaurus Wyomingensis
Some scientists have postulated that Pachycephalosaurus's padded skull allowed these animals to engage in head-butting battles of dominance perhaps related to mating, much like bighorn sheep and ...
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Dr. Pol on Why It’s Important to Grow Up With Animals
Why is that important to you? My philosophy is that I want kids to grow up with animals. When kids grow up with animals, they make better adults. Especially when kids are very young, they are ...
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13 Tools of Taxidermy
This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Taxidermy isn’t for the faint of heart. Widely considered an art form, the process of mounting animal skins can ...
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His portraits capture animals that are going extinct in the wild
This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...