Did you know that each month has a special jewel (called a birthstone), a special flower, and a special color? Here are the months and their special symbols. Find the month you were born in. What is...
The colors of the sea
A glass of water has no color. But the water of the sea looks blue in some places and green in others. And in some places it looks brownish, or reddish, or even yellow. Where does the sea get its...
Why leaves change color in autumn
Inside a leaf there are millions of tiny packages of color---yellow, orange, and green. The yellow is called xanthophyll, the orange is carotene, or carotin, and the green is chlorophyll. The green...
What animals see
A hawk can see much better than a person can. From high in the sky, a hawk can see a tiny mouse in the grass below. Broadwinged Hawk If you were a rabbit, nibbling plants in a meadow, you would be...
Changing color
How would you like to play hide-and-seek with a chameleon? You'd have a hard time finding this tiny lizard. It can hide by changing color! It can be green on a green leaf, yellow on yellow sand, and...
Hiding with color
Hop! A green grasshopper shoots up out of the grass. It sails through the air and lands in the grass again. You can't see it before it jumps. And you can't see it after it comes down. Its green color...
Staying Alive
A porcupine's quills help it stay alive. Far up near the North Pole a tiny, baby seal lies in the snow. If a polar bear saw the baby seal, the bear would eat it up in a minute! But the polar...
Art in nature
Many beautiful creatures live on this earth. Some of them are so colorful that they look as though they were painted by a great artist. > The Wing of a Butterfly from Peru > Star Tortoise from...