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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!

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…
Competitions

Win 1 of 3 Ultimate National Geographic packs!

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…

Did you know?

Sharks cause 10 deaths a year, whereas mosquito cause 725,000.

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Insects

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

Looking into a fly’s eyes with Dr Karl…
Reptiles

Science with Dr Karl: Mighty pythons!

All about pythons with Dr Karl…

Did you know?

Crabs are distant relatives of spiders.

Nature

Science with Dr Karl: A wee fact about asparagus!

Asparagus and wee with Dr Karl…
General Science

Science with Dr Karl: Extraordinary X-rays

X-rays are under the microscope with Dr Karl…
Nature

Science with Dr Karl: Running on time!

Time with Dr Karl…
Insects

Science with Dr Karl: Ants are Strong AND Clever

Dr Karl investigates ants and their behaviour
General Science

Science with Dr Karl: How planes fly!

Dr Karl explore how planes fly

Did you know?

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

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General Geography

Science with Dr Karl: What is a sinkhole?

Dr Karl digs deep into sinkhole science
Insects

Science with Dr Karl: cicadas of summer!

Dr Karl explores the wonderful world of cicadas

Did you know?

Moon dust smells like burnt gunpowder.

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