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  • Countries

    30 fabulous facts about China

    Celebrate Chinese New Year with a trip to the Orient...

  • Monarchy

    The life and reign of Queen Elizabeth I

    Discover one of Britain's most famous Queens...

  • General History

    World War 1 facts

    Travel back in time and learn about the conflict that rocked the world...

  • Greece

    10 facts about Ancient Greece

    Learn about this awesome ancient civilisation: when did they live? What did they believe?

  • Countries

    Brilliant facts about Brazil

    Discover this super-cool South American country, home to the greatest variety of animals in the world! (AU)

General Science

Your digestive system

You eat a meal. And then a bit later… you do a poo! But what happens in between?
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General Animals

Extinct Animals…

Meet some very special species whose existence came to a tragic end.
Competitions

Win 1 of 5 Copies of Lenny’s Book of Everything!

Books

13 phizz-whizzing facts about Roald Dahl

We’ve put together some fantastic facts about Roald Dahl’s life, and boy are there some humdingers…
Books

Explorer Academy!

Adventure, danger, and a thrilling global mission awaits…
Space

Satellites set to track animals from space!

Scientists want to understand more about migratory animals…

Did you know?

The golf-ball sized blue-ringed octopus has enough poison to kill 26 humans in a matter of minutes.

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General Kids Club

Evanna Lynch World Elephant Day interview!

Nat Geo Kids chats to Harry Potter star and STAE ambassador Evanna Lynch…
General Animals

10 unforgettable elephant facts!

Discover our fave facts about these gentle giants…
Space

Science with Dr Karl: Future space travel

Space travel with Dr Karl
Nature

Science with Dr Karl: Why is it dark at night?

Night and dark with Dr Karl…
Insects

Science with Dr Karl: In the eye of a fly!

Looking into a fly’s eyes with Dr Karl…

Did you know?

Pelicans can hold 11 litres of water (the same as 32 cans of pop) in their bills.

Reptiles

Science with Dr Karl: Mighty pythons!

All about pythons with Dr Karl…
Nature

Science with Dr Karl: A wee fact about asparagus!

Asparagus and wee with Dr Karl…

Did you know?

An blue whale's heart is the size of a small car.

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