Category: Kids News

Scientists have discovered a surprising thing, about some salt-water marshes in the US. The sediments that are deposited during floods, help build up soil in wetlands. As sea levels rise, coastal marshes are keeping up, with a rising land level. As long as the sediment doesn’t wash away, it’s saving the marsh.

If you like exciting baseball games, there’s one good thing about global warming. Researchers found, that there are more home runs hit, on warm days. Since warm air is less dense than cold air, the ball can fly farther. Major League Baseball has seen an increase in home runs, as the temperature rises.

Today is the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. After a month of eating only after dark, millions of Muslims around the world begin a 3-day celebration, filled with prayer, visiting relatives, giving gifts to children, and eating lots of sweet foods. Eid Mubarak!

Today is Encourage A Young Writer Day, so I’m encouraging you, yes you, to write a story! Use your imagination, to make it as silly, scary, or realistic as you like. It’s also Farm Animals Day, so you could add a talking cow, or a chicken that wears a tutu. Anything is possible!

Today is Siblings Day, so thank your brothers and sisters for being born! You might not always get along, but you can always love each other. It’s also International Safety Pin Day. In 1849, Walter Hunt sold the rights to his amazing little invention, the safety pin, to the W R Grace Company for only $400!

A newly-discovered species of gecko, has been named after Vincent Van Gogh. When biologist Ishan Agarwal first saw the blue and yellow gecko, it reminded him of the artist’s painting, Starry Night. Cnemapsis vangoghi was found during an expedition of unexplored mountains, in Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve, in India.

A rare baby okapi, was born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The okapi is the only relative to the giraffe, but they live in forests. They have long necks, zebra-striped legs, reddish bodies, and prehensile tongues. Fewer than 10,000 wild okapis remain in their native Democratic Republic of Congo.

Chris Bien was spending her birthday at the beach in Essex England. She had predicted in the morning, that she would find a mammoth tooth, and that’s exactly what she did! She saw the waves washing over a rippled stone, which turned out to be a prehistoric fossilized tooth, from a steppe mammoth!

Millions of people saw yesterday’s solar eclipse, and I hope you were one of them! The next total eclipse is August 12th 2026, which will be visible in Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia, and Portugal. You only have to wait until October, for the next annular eclipse, which leaves a ring of fire.

Don’t call me Alexa today. Call me Malecksahchakahowie. It’s Name Yourself Day! Make a name tag with your new name on it so everyone else will know what to call you, too! It’s also Unicorn Day! Maybe your unicorn will name itself Frank, instead of Princess Rainbow Sparkle-Toes. Have a fun day!