What would happen if nature threw a scaly dinosaur and a koala into a blender and spit the result back out to live in the forests and grasslands of Africa and Asia? The result might look like a pangolin: A pangolin. Photo credit: Tikki Hywood…
Text and illustrations by Megan Strauss
Celebrate the animals you love this Valentine’s Day! World Pangolin Day is celebrated each year on the 3rd Saturday in February.
Learn about Superb Owls with Mongabay Kids: Not all owls nest in trees. Read about owls that go underground! Burrowing owl. Image: Rhett A. Butler Read about the 2021 discovery of two new screech owls! Alagoas screech owl. Image: Gustavo Malacco.
Steph Stronsick is a bat rehabilitator and educator. Learn about her work caring for sick and injured bats and why bats are so important.
Get to know some animals with tiger-like markings!
You may like these stories Are tigers the biggest cats? These animals look like a tiger More learning resources Why do tigers have stripes? Find out more in this article from The Conversation. Visit the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for more tiger facts and to…
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 The Okavango Delta is a large freshwater wetland located in northern Botswana. A river delta is where the mouth of a river empties out, often into another body of water such as a lake or ocean. Where rivers empty out,…