Category: Kids News

Red wolves are the most endangered canid species in the world, with only 15 to 20 remaining in the wild. Rhode Island’s Roger Williams Park Zoo, is happy to announce the birth of a red wolf pup, to first-time mama, Brave, and papa Diego. It’s the zoo’s first red wolf pup since 2005.

Recent NASA satellite images, show plumes of discolored water, over the underwater Kavachi Volcano. It has been erupting, sending flows of acidic water through the ocean. The area also happens to be home, to hammerhead and silky sharks. That’s why one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific, is also called Shark-cayno.

Try this experiment, while you’re around other people. Give a great big yawn. Did it make anyone else yawn? Scientists think yawning, which draws in fresh air and cools your brain, could be a way for groups of animals, to synchronize their behavior. It helps everyone, stay more alert. This is making me yawn.

Today is Hamburger Day, a good time to try the Impossible Burger! Available at White Castle, Red Robin, some Burger Kings, and the grocery store, the Impossible Burger tastes like a hamburger, but it’s meat-free. It’s also International Jazz Day. Listen through a timeline of jazz, from Louis Armstrong, to Dave Brubeck, to Esperanza Spalding.

Have you ever heard of Swallows Return To San Juan Capistrano Day? It happens in March, when the migratory birds come back to Argentina. Well, today is The Slugs Return From Capistrano Day! It’s a joke, because slugs don’t migrate, and they only travel 40 feet a night. See if any are in your garden!

Firefighters in London conducted an unusual rescue, on top of a 3-story building. A mama duck had hatched her eggs in a rooftop nest, and her 7 ducklings had no way down. The firefighters had to use a ladder to get to them. The ducklings will live at The Swan Sanctuary until they’re older.

A new service called Out-Horse Your Email, uses horses to reply to your work emails, while you’re on vacation in Iceland. Their horses trot across a giant keyboard, typing nonsense. Then vacationers can send that reply to their bosses or coworkers, instead of worrying about work while they’re on holidays.

On a hot summery day, you need 2 things: an icy snack, and skin protection! It’s Grape Popsicle Day, and Sun Screen Day. 11 year-old Frank Epperson invented popsicles in 1905, when he left a stick in his grape soda and it froze. They were originally called Eppsicles. Apply your sunblock, then enjoy popsicles in the sun!

What would you like to do today? Travel to a new place, or fill a cooler with food for a picnic? Do both, for Road Trip Day and Cooler Day! Don’t forget, Friday is also Don’t Fry Day. Make sure you use sunblock if you spend time in the sun, so you don’t fry!

Today is Cellophane Tape Day. Invented in 1930, clear tape does more than seal packages. Artist Mark Jenkins, uses tape to make sculptures! You might be lucky enough to come across his figures in unusual situations, on the streets in your city. Learn how to use his tape-casting method at tape-sculpture.org, and make your own!