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
What Do Crocodiles Eat?
Crocodiles eat meat, and what they eat changes as they grow. Young crocodiles snap up insects and crabs. Adults take bigger prey:…
What Do Elephants Think of Humans?
What elephants really think of humans: the Kenya study showing they tell human groups apart by voice, what their memory can do,…
What Do Grasshoppers Eat?
Grasshoppers eat plants, mainly grasses, as well as leaves, stems, flowers and seeds. They chew their food with strong jaws that move…
What Do Iguanas Eat?
Most iguanas eat plants: leaves, flowers and ripe fruit. Green iguanas eat mainly leafy plants and fruit, marine iguanas eat almost only…
What Do Lions Eat?
Lions are carnivores. They mainly hunt large plant-eaters such as zebras, wildebeest, antelope and buffalo, weighing 45 to 453 kg. Lionesses do…
What Do Owls Eat?
Owls eat only animals. Rodents, such as mice, rats and voles, are their most common prey, while small owls eat insects, fish…
What Do Polar Bears Eat?
Polar bears eat mostly seals, especially ringed seals and bearded seals, which they catch from the sea ice. They mainly eat the…
What Do Snow Leopards Eat?
Snow leopards eat meat. Their main prey are wild mountain sheep and goats: blue sheep, ibex and argali. They also catch marmots,…
What Do Walking Stick Bugs Eat?
Walking stick bugs eat leaves. All stick insects are herbivores, and they chew the leaves of the trees and shrubs they live…
What Do White Tigers Eat? Diet in Zoos and the Wild
White tigers eat meat, like orange tigers. In the wild, a tiger’s main food is deer such as sambar and chital, plus…
What Eats A Blue Whale? Unveiling the Predators of the Blue Whale
Blue whale, a species of baleen whale, is the most massive animal ever to have lived, even bigger than the largest dinosaur.…
What Is The Biggest Bird In The World?
There are about 18,000 bird species in the world, nearly twice as many as previously thought. Out of all these species, the…
What to Feed a Baby Bird
Do not feed a baby bird, or give it water, unless a licensed wildlife rehabilitator tells you to. Wrong food, such as…
When Did Saber-Toothed Tigers Go Extinct—and Why?
Saber-toothed cats, often called saber-toothed tigers, went extinct about 10,000 years ago, near the end of the last Ice Age. At the…
Where Do Polar Bears Live? Arctic Habitat Guide
Polar bears live across the Arctic, in five countries: Canada, the United States (Alaska), Greenland, Norway and Russia. Their real home is…
Where Do Siberian Tigers Live?
Siberian tigers, also called Amur tigers, live in the cold forests of the Russian Far East, especially the Sikhote-Alin mountains, with a…
Where Do Sloths Live?
Sloths live in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America, high in the forest canopy. They spend almost their whole lives…
White Tiger Facts for Kids
A white tiger is a Bengal tiger with a rare change in one gene, SLC45A2, which blocks the orange in its fur.…
Who Would Win in a Fight: Lion or Tiger?
Wild lions and tigers never meet, so no real fight between them has ever been studied. Lions live in Africa and tigers…
Why Are Pangolins the Most Trafficked Animals in the World?
Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal because people want their scales, for traditional medicine, and their meat. They are also easy to…
Why Did the Dodo Bird Go Extinct?
The dodo went extinct because of people and the animals they brought to Mauritius. Dutch sailors arrived in 1598. Dogs, cats, rats…
