Category: Kids News

Scientists need eagle-eyed observers, to find some special birds. Called The Search For Lost Birds, the program wants the public’s help, finding 10 species that have been lost to science. Some haven’t been seen by ornithologists in over 100 years, but maybe they’re in your backyard. Check out the list, on the eBird app.

Scientists used 450,000 photos of humpback whales, to trace the migrations of individual distinctively-marked whales. They found that some humpbacks would swim as far as 3,700 miles, during mating season. The whales traveled to different mating grounds thousands of miles apart, in less than 2 months, to find the perfect mate.

Today is Cabbage Day. It’s a good day to try cabbage soup, fried cabbage, or coleslaw. Think about growing cabbage in your garden. You can start the seedlings inside, and plant after the last frost. Maybe your cabbage will beat the world record, held by Scott Robb’s 138 pound green cabbage in Alaska.

Get your smiles ready, because it’s Random Acts Of Kindness Day! Give someone a flower or a compliment, or help out around the house without being asked. Write a nice note to a friend, or hold the door open for a stranger. It’s so easy to be kind. Let’s just do it every day!

A Pennsylvania woman brought a stray dog in out of the cold, and took it to a rescue shelter. It had lost lots of fur, and was being treated for mange, when it broke out of its cage and chewed through a window seal to escape. DNA tests showed, it was actually a coyote!

A new telescope called IXPE, which stands for Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer, just sent back its first image. The telescope was focused on the Cassiopeia A explosion, 11,000 light years away. The star went supernova hundreds of years ago, but the remnants emit light in different wavelengths, including x-rays. IXPE can see it all.

Paleontologists recently discovered a 2-for-1 special in Australia. They found a fossilized crocodilian, with a fossilized dinosaur in its stomach. The massive crocodile relative, named Confractosuchus sauroktonus, had swallowed a young ornithopod nearly whole, over 65,000,000 years ago during the Cretaceous period. The dinosaur never got digested, because the croc died soon afterward.

Today is Innovation Day, so make an effort to do something inventive. Create an interesting recipe, figure out a new way to do something, or just rearrange the furniture. You’ll have a new and improved bedroom! It’s also Almond Day. What innovative ways can you think of, to eat this delicious nut?

Do you know someone that’s always kind of grumpy? Do something nice for them, because it’s Do A Grouch A Favor Day. Maybe it’ll make them less grouchy! It’s also Tim Tam Day. The biscuits covered in chocolate are a favorite in Australia, but the rest of us might have to buy them online.

Can you balance one egg on top of another? How about making a 3-egg stack? You still wouldn’t be close to breaking the world record. Mohammed Muqbel, of Yemen, set a new record when he balanced 4 eggs in a tower. The hardest part, was finding the center of gravity for each egg.