Wild Wonder stories
Discover facts with playful stories made for curious little explorers.
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Colors from the sun
The Sky's Dancing Lights
Near the North and South Poles, the night sky can glow and ripple with waves of green, pink, and purple light called an aurora.
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Sky's stopwatch
Counting the Storm
You can guess how far away a storm is by counting the seconds between a flash of lightning and the rumble of thunder that follows.
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Speedy grower
The Bamboo Race
Some bamboo can grow almost a meter taller in a single day, making it one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth.
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Sound seeing
Bat's Echo Song
A bat sings tiny songs too high-pitched for human ears, then listens to the echoes to find its way through the dark.
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A garden in the fur
The Sloth's Green Coat
A sloth moves so slowly that tiny algae grow right in its shaggy fur, turning it a soft mossy green.
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Older than memory
Jupiter's Giant Storm
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a swirling storm so big it could swallow the entire Earth, and it has been raging for centuries.
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Backward grower
The Time-Traveling Jelly
One tiny jellyfish can grow younger instead of older when life gets hard, essentially reversing its own aging.
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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.
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A hoop of frozen treasure
Saturn's Ring of Ice
Saturn's beautiful rings aren't solid at all; they're countless chunks of ice and rock, from tiny grains to boulders the size of a house, all circling the planet.
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Floating together
Otters Holding Hands
Sea otters often hold paws while they sleep, so ocean currents don't drift them apart from each other.
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A web made fresh
The Spider's Nightly Rebuild
Many orb-weaver spiders tear down their whole web every morning and spin a brand new one from scratch each night.
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Feelings you can see
Chameleon's Changing Colors
A chameleon can flash a whole new color in seconds, not mainly to hide, but to show how it's feeling.