Flowers smell sweet. Clean clothes smell clean. A dog smells doggy. A fish smells fishy. Everything has its own special scent. And so do I. A bloodhound could find me if I were lost. My scent gets...
The sea in danger
(above) Workers clean up after an oil spill. The oiled dirt is bagged and removed so that plants and animals can once again live off the land and water, (right) A bird rescue worker holds a common...
Pot-cleaning plants
When people clean pots and pans, they probably use scratchy pads of steel wool or plastic. But long ago, people cleaned pots with plants called horsetails. Horsetails, also called rushes, are short,...
Plants that climb
If a green plant doesn't get enough sunlight, it will die. The best way for a plant to get lots of sunlight is to grow tall. But if a plant with a very thin stem grows too tall, it will just topple...
Household pets
A pet is an animal friend that lives with you. It may be a big, friendly St. Bernard dog that licks your nose each morning to wake you up. Or maybe it's a fat little hamster that squeaks at you...
Nature’s clean-up crew
What becomes of the leaves that fall in the forest every autumn? What keeps them from piling up each year and covering the world with leaves? Each spring, millions of baby insects eat into the...