A herd of baboons hunts for food at the edge of a grassy plain in Africa. Each baboon is looking and listening every second. There might be a lion creeping through the grass toward them! If a baboon...
Helpful animals
Crocodiles try to eat most birds that come near them. But one kind of bird can walk about among crocodiles and be quite safe. In fact, these birds even lay their eggs in the same place where the...
The great mystery
Hundreds of barn swallows sit in rows on telephone wires. Suddenly, with a great twittering, they all rush into the air. Staying close together in a big flock, they fly away. It is late summer and...
A long winter nap
In the autumn, a woodchuck curls up into a ball in its underground home and goes to sleep. And it sleeps during the whole winter. The woodchuck's sleep isn't like the sleep you have at night. The...
Sounds that say things
> Red-Winged Blackbird > > When a male bird sings in the springtime he is often telling other > male birds to stay away. Owls hoot. Foxes yap. Crickets chirp. Geese honk. Chipmunks chatter. And...
Protecting the babies
> African Elephants > > A mother elephant protects her baby by keeping it between her legs. > > If the mother sees an enemy, she lifts her trunk and makes a warning > noise. Snow whirls through...
Animal Ways
> A harvester ant goes to work every day. Why do birds sing? Why do ants rush about so busily? Why does a mandrill sometimes seem to yawn when it sees another animal? Are there reasons for what the...
Tooth and claw
The sun is setting on the cactus and sagebrush of a desert in North America. A badger is busily digging beside a bush. Along comes a coyote. It sees the badger and licks its lips with a long, pink...
A race for life
> Lioness Hunting Wildebeests A lion hunts by sneaking up close to its prey and then rushing at it. The lioness does most of the hunting for lion families. When you run in a race, it's just for...
Animals in armor
If you saw a pangolin you might say it looked like a pine cone with legs and a tail. A pangolin is one of the animals that is protected by armor. It's covered with scales like the scales on a pine...