More than a hundred adults and kids gather on a cold evening, chattering excitedly as they stand in the dark on a Virginia hillside. The odd thing is, no one has turned on a flashlight, and no ...

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Wherever there is dung (also known as poop), there are most likely dung beetles. They belong to three basic groups: rollers, ...

Temperate forests are found in eastern North America, northeastern Asia, and central and western Europe. In North America, the Eastern Deciduous Forest stretches from Florida to Maine along the east ...

Find out why these common animal myths aren't true. Animals do some pretty strange things. Giraffes clean their eyes and ears ...

The Egyptians working on the pyramids are helping create a culture that will last more than 3,000 years—it will be one of the longest-lasting civilizations in the world. During that time, ancient ...

Trudi Trueit has written more than a hundred books for young readers, both fiction and nonfiction. Her love of writing began ...

Thurgood Marshall may have been inspired to become a lawyer after pulling a prank in high school.

Christmas Island red crabs are famous throughout Australia and the world for their bright red color and for their spectacular annual migration to the sea. Millions of crabs become rivers of red as ...

To George Washington Carver, peanuts were like paintbrushes: They were tools to express his imagination. Carver was a ...

Known as “America’s wolf,” red wolves are the only species of wolf that lives in the United States—and nowhere else.