Wild Wonder stories
Discover facts with playful stories made for curious little explorers.
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Ice that grows in the sky
The Storm's Icy Marbles
A single hailstone can be tossed up and down inside a storm cloud again and again before it finally falls as a lump of ice.
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Wrapped in wonder
The Butterfly's Quiet Change
A crawling caterpillar can wrap itself in a quiet little case and later emerge as an entirely new creature: a butterfly.
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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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Cool light maker
The Firefly's Lantern
A firefly can glow without ever feeling warm, lighting up the summer night with a built-in lantern near its tail.
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Never truly gone
The Plant That Comes Back
A resurrection plant can shrivel into a dry brown ball for years, then turn green again just hours after rain touches it.
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Patient sleepers
Sleepy Seeds
Some seeds rest quietly in the soil for years, waiting patiently for exactly the right moment to wake up and grow.
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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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Sky's icy circle
A Ring Around the Sun
Sometimes a giant glowing ring circles the sun, painted by ice floating high in the sky.
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Underground friendship
The Secret Tree Network
Trees in a forest can share food and warnings with each other through a hidden web of threads buried in the soil.
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Traveling air
The Wind's Whisper
Wind is simply air hurrying from a place where it's pushing harder to a place where it's pushing less.
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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.