Wild Wonder stories
Discover facts with playful stories made for curious little explorers.
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Thousands of miles home
The Butterfly's Long Journey
Monarch butterflies fly up to 3,000 miles to a place none of them have ever been before, following a path their great-great-grandparents once flew.
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A giant that keeps growing
The Reaching Redwood
A giant redwood can grow taller than a thirty-story building and live for more than two thousand years.
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Sunlight taking a bow
The Rainbow's Hidden Colors
A rainbow appears when sunlight bends inside countless raindrops, spilling out every color that was secretly hiding in what looked like plain white light.
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Accidental gardener
Forgetful Squirrel
A squirrel buries hundreds of acorns every autumn, but forgets where it hid quite a few of them by the time spring comes.
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A pouch of his own
The Seahorse Dad's Surprise
A daddy seahorse carries the eggs in a pouch on his belly and gives birth to the babies himself.
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A body built to heal
The Starfish's Second Chance
If a starfish loses an arm to a hungry predator, it can often grow a brand new one back.
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A memory made of magnets
The Turtle's Homing Map
A sea turtle can swim thousands of miles across the ocean and still find its way back to the very beach where it hatched.
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Chasing endless sunlight
The Bird of Two Summers
Every year, a small Arctic tern flies from one end of the Earth to the other and back again, farther than one full trip around the entire planet.
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Following the light
The Sunflower's Slow Dance
A young sunflower slowly turns to follow the sun all day, then quietly swings back to face east again by dawn.
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Mighty little lifter
The Tiny Strongman
A rhinoceros beetle can carry about 100 times its own body weight on its back.
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Sky's slow dancer
The Moon's Changing Shapes
The moon seems to change shape every night, growing from a thin sliver into a full glowing circle and back again.
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Memory keeper
Wise Elephant
The oldest elephant in a herd remembers the way to water holes that only she has ever visited.