February 1, 2022 marked the start of the Lunar New Year, an important celebration in China, Korea and many other countries around the world. This year is the Year of the Tiger. Check out our coloring page and learn more about tigers! Need some color…
The Amur tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger, is the largest cat in the world. They live in northeastern China, the Russian Far East, and possibly also in North Korea. Amur tigers face many threats. These include poaching, habitat loss and fragmentation, prey loss,…
Reading level: Grade 5-6 You might think all rare and unique animals are discovered in remote places … like rainforests, mountaintops, or deserts. Not in the case of the Romer’s tree frog! This is the story of how this little frog found itself living in…
Learn more about Venus flytraps and how to protect them. Visit the US Fish & Wildlife Service website: https://www.fws.gov/southeast/wildlife/plants/venus-flytrap/ https://www.fws.gov/southeast/articles/buyer-beware-do-not-buy-poached-venus-flytrap-plants/ *Mongabay Kids is not responsible for content published on external sites.
Journey to the Okavango Delta Today we’re going to imagine we’re on a canoe, exploring the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana. A river delta is where the mouth of a river empties out, often into another body of water such as as a lake or…
We meet Andrew Kittle and Anjali Watson, a team driven to understand and protect Sri Lanka’s top predator, the graceful leopard.
This is the village of Santa Helena do Inglês: This village lies on the banks of the Negro River in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. It is one of 19 villages in the Negro River Sustainable Development Reserve, a protected rainforest area that is very remote.…
Today’s guest: Begonia giganticaulis, the world’s tallest begonia Sofia: Hello, I’m Sofia Ceiba! Today we come to you from southern Tibet where we are going to meet a plant that has just been described by science. She is a begonia species, and her new scientific…
John Mitani has studied apes for decades. Learn more about what he finds interesting about our nearest living relatives.
Shrews are some of the smallest mammals on Earth. None of them are bigger than a mouse, and although they resemble mice, they are not rodents. Shrews are insectivores. They spend their lives hunting down insects in underbrush or burrowing for them through the soil. Shrews stay…
What is your favorite mythical creature? Is it a unicorn? The Loch Ness Monster? A drop bear (a meat-eating koala that ambushes its prey from the treetops)? Maybe a mermaid or dragon? In this task, we want you to imagine if your mythical creature were…
