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10 cool stories from 2022

This year Mongabay Kids has covered some fun topics. And we’ve shared nature and conservation stories from around the world. Check out some highlights from 2022. Read, watch, and listen! How many legs does a caterpillar have? What is a giraffid? Find out! The common…

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Celebrate World Okapi Day

October 18th is World Okapi Day! Okapis are awesome, beautifully patterned rainforest animals. They live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Did you know that they are relatives of the giraffe? Learn more about okapis here, in our series on the Fantastic Unfamous Cousins…

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Celebrate lions with art!

Did you know? People have been creating images of lions for tens of thousands of years. In the Paleolithic, 35,000 years ago, humans painted a type of cave lion on the walls of a cave in southeastern France. Their paintings looked like this: A replica…

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