Animal facts for kids
Guides to the animals children ask about most, from capybaras and axolotls to lions, sharks and the creatures of the deep ocean.
Every guide in Animals, A to Z
Saber Tooth Tiger Facts for Kids: Meet Smilodon
The saber tooth tiger was not a tiger. It was a cat called Smilodon, only distantly related to tigers, which lived in…
Saber-Toothed Tiger vs Lion: Who Would Win?
No one knows, because they never met. The saber-toothed tiger, Smilodon, lived in the Americas and died out about 10,000 years ago.…
Sea Otter Facts for Kids
The sea otter is a marine mammal of the North Pacific coast and the heaviest member of the otter family. It has…
Sea Turtle Facts for Kids
Sea turtle facts for kids: all seven species, how warm sand decides male or female, and why only one hatchling in 1,000…
Siberian Tiger Facts for Kids
The Siberian tiger, also called the Amur tiger, is the largest cat on Earth. Males weigh 180–300 kg and can reach 3.3 m from…
Sloth Facts for Kids
Sloths are slow-moving mammals that live upside down in the trees of Central and South American rainforests. There are six species, in…
Snow Leopard Facts for Kids
The snow leopard is a shy big cat that lives high in the mountains of 12 countries in Central Asia. Its thick,…
Spider Facts for Kids
Spider facts for kids: why spiders are not insects, how silk beats steel, why they cannot straighten their legs, and how they…
Spider Monkey Facts for Kids
Spider monkey facts for kids: the tail that grips like a hand, why they have no thumbs, the seven species and why…
Squirrel Monkey Facts for Kids
Squirrel monkey facts for kids: why the tail cannot grip, why every baby is born in the same few weeks, and which…
Sunda Colugo Facts
Sunda colugo facts: it is not a lemur and cannot fly. It glides up to 150 m on a membrane running from…
Tasmanian Devil Facts for Kids
The Tasmanian devil is the world’s largest surviving meat-eating marsupial. It lives in the wild only on the island of Tasmania, weighs…
Teddy Bear Hamster Facts for Kids
A teddy bear hamster is a long-haired Syrian hamster, not a separate species. It weighs about 110 to 140 g, usually lives…
The Biggest Zoo in America
There is no single biggest zoo in America. By land, The Wilds in Ohio covers about 4,000 hectares, and the North Carolina…
Tiger Facts for Kids
Tiger facts for kids: how many tigers are left (2023), the two subspecies experts now recognise, why stripes work like fingerprints, and…
Tiger Shark Facts for Kids
Tiger shark facts for kids: how the stripes fade with age, the notched teeth that cut through turtle shell, and what 65…
Transvaal Lion Facts
Transvaal lion facts: the lions of Kruger National Park, the white lions that come from this population, and why scientists changed what…
Tree Kangaroo Facts for Kids
Tree kangaroos are kangaroos that live in rainforest trees in New Guinea and far north-east Queensland, Australia. They have strong front legs,…
Whale Shark Facts for Kids
The whale shark is the biggest fish in the world. Most are 5.5 to 10 m long, and the largest measured was…
What Animal Can Kill a Fisher Cat? Fisher Predators Explained
The animals that kill fishers most often are bobcats, then coyotes and cougars. Lynx, wolves and dogs sometimes kill them too, and…
What Are Pangolin Scales Used For? Armour, Medicine and Law
Pangolin scales are used first by the pangolin, as armour. It rolls into a ball so its hard scales face any attacker.…
What Diseases Does a Pangolin Cure? The Truth About the Scales
None. There is no scientific evidence that pangolin scales or meat cure any disease. The scales are made of keratin, the same…
What Do Baby Turtles Eat?
Baby sea turtles eat tiny animals and plants that live in floating seaweed in the open ocean, such as worms, young crustaceans,…
What Do Barn Owls Eat?
Barn owls mostly eat small mammals: voles, mice, shrews and rats, plus the odd bird, reptile or insect. In Britain, field voles…
