This Enigmatic Blob Was One of Earth's Earliest AnimalsSeptember 20, 2018 – The strange life-form has long perplexed scientists. So a team of researchers used modern analyses to take a fresh look at its ancient remains.
Wacky Weekend: Sand SculpturesJuly 29, 2016 – Check out the incredible sand sculptures of dinosaurs, fish, and other cool things in these photos.
Do new discoveries ever “rewrite evolutionary history”?September 01, 2010 – You can’t go for a month without seeing a claim that some new discovery has rewritten evolutionary history. If headlines are to be believed, phylogeny – the business of drawing family trees between different species – is an etch-a-sketch science. No sooner are family trees drawn before they’re rearranged. It’s easy to rile against these […]
Titanoboa – thirteen metres, one tonne, largest snake ever.February 04, 2009 – Jormungandr!!! Biggest snake in history made anaconda look puny; also largest land vertebrate following death of dinosaurs
Jurassic Fight ClubJuly 26, 2008 – A female Majungasaurus as envisaged by the creators of Jurassic Fight Club. Imagine, just for a moment, standing in the middle of a Cretaceous forest 70 million years ago. The sunlight streaming through the canopy catches dust motes in the hot Madagascar grove, the calls of birds making the scene feel familiar despite being from […]
I’ve got your missing links right here (24th July ’10)July 24, 2010 – News “You can just engineer a crime scene.” Scientists can fabricate blood and saliva samples containing DNA from a person other than the donor of the blood and saliva. (Andrew Pollack, NYT) New research suggests one reason women are underrepresented in science and math is they see such careers as impeding their desire to help […]
Fossils of Some of Our Oldest Mammal Ancestors FoundNovember 07, 2017 – Tiny teeth found in England belonged to the earliest known eutherian mammals—the group that includes dogs, elephants, and humans.
Pocket Science – when enslaved bacteria go bad, gut microbes and fat mice, and stretchy beards of ironMarch 05, 2010 – Injuries unleash fragments of domesticated bacteria that set of false alarms in our immune systems. Some communities of gut microbes can lead to overeating and metabolic syndrome. And mussels anchor themselves to rocks with iron-clad stretchy beards. Oh, and dinosaurs… yawn.
What I like, not what I should likeJuly 24, 2008 – That long list of books is making the rounds again (Jennifer, Chad, Jessica, John, and Bora have already jumped in), yet I can’t bring myself to join in the fun. The list reminds me of something one of my high school English teacher once told my class. He was very concerned that we be “cultured” […]
Vote for your story of the year – final mopping-up roundDecember 28, 2009 – This is the final round of voting for the NERS stories-of-the-year polls. So far, there have been eight polls, each covering a different scientific field and I’m going to collate the results of these in the next couple of days. But before I do, there have been a few straggler stories that may deserve a […]
What new discoveries reveal about the amazing SpinosaurusSeptember 18, 2014 – Fossils tell us a lot about how dinosaurs lived. Find out how.
6 Ancient Cooking Tools Sri Lankans Can’t Do WithoutMarch 28, 2016 – Every day, Swarna de Mel is up at 5 a.m., pulling tropical herbs from her garden, harvesting dinosaur-egg-sized …
Magazine Extras!December 17, 2019 – In this issue of National Geographic Kids, discover how emperor penguin parents make sure their chicks thrive in harsh conditions. Then find out about an orphaned sun bear named Natalie, and meet the kind caretaker who helped her return to the wild. Next, see what some of history's most fearsome fighters wore on the battlefield. Plus get a cool poster of an arctic fox and visit the giveaway page January 8-15 for a chance to win the Nat Geo Kids book 1,000 Facts about Dinosaurs. Parents: Subscribe to the magazine.
Magazine Extras!February 21, 2020 – In this special Earth Day issue of National Geographic Kids, we're celebrating five animal success stories. Take a cool quiz to discover which of the comeback critters you're most like, then get tips for protecting them. Next, meet 20 at-risk animals and find out what you can do to help. These creatures were photographed by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore at zoos and other safe places around the world for his Photo Ark project. And be sure to visit the giveaway page March 18-25 for a chance to win a copy of the Nat Geo Kids book Weird But True! Dinosaurs.
The Presidents Who Gave Us Our Best ParksFebruary 12, 2016 – A look back at which U.S. presidents deserve the credit for establishing some of our first, biggest, and most majestic parks and monuments.
Turtle Teasers Quiz, Part 1February 01, 2015 – Sea turtles have been swimming in our oceans since the time of the dinosaurs. How much do you know about these shelled swimmers?