Wild Wonder stories
Discover facts with playful stories made for curious little explorers.
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A cloud you can walk through
The Cloud That Fell to the Ground
Fog is really just a cloud that formed so close to the ground that you can walk straight through it.
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Small but strong
The Mighty Ant Team
One tiny ant can lift many times its own body weight, and a whole colony can move things far too big for any single ant.
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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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Ancient light
Starlight's Long Journey
The light from a star can travel for years, even centuries, before it finally reaches your eyes on a clear night.
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A day slower than a year
The Planet With the Longest Day
On Venus, a single day lasts longer than a whole year.
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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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Nature's engineer
The Beaver's Busy Dam
A beaver can chew through a tree trunk in one night and use it to dam a stream into its own private pond.
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Standing dreamer
Giraffe Catnap
A giraffe may sleep for only a few minutes at a time, adding up to less than an hour of rest a day.
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Earth's own perfume
The Scent of First Rain
The fresh smell you notice when rain first falls on dry ground has its own name β petrichor β and it comes from the earth itself, not from the water.
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A pocket-sized start
The Kangaroo's Tiny Traveler
A newborn kangaroo is smaller than a jellybean and must crawl, blind and alone, straight up into its mother's pouch.
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The tree that saves water
The Baobab's Rain Tank
A baobab tree can store thousands of liters of water inside its huge, spongy trunk, enough to help it survive a whole dry season without a drop of rain.