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 Animals

This is where you’ll discover fun (and furry!) animal facts about our planet’s incredible wildlife. From majestic mammals and soaring birds to super sea creatures and curious creepy crawlies – it’s an animal lover’s dream!

Discover rare and unusual species, brilliant bears, fierce felines, awesome reptiles and incredible marine life, just to name a few.

Learn animal facts about habitat, behaviour, speed and appetite (beware, the great white shark!) and most importantly, discover the threats that many of these amazing animals face today.

Ready for an adventure, gang? Click about to get started!

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Sea Life

Seahorse facts!

Grab your snorkels and join us as we get up close to these colourful critters…
General Animals

Female wildlife rangers!

Meet the extraordinary women changing the face of conservation…
Sea Life

Green sea turtle facts!

Learn about these seriously super swimmers…
  • QUIZ

    What is your favourite reptile?
Sea Life

10 blue whale facts

Discover these gentle giants of the sea!
General Animals

10 giraffe facts!

Discover ten fascinating facts about giraffes!

Did you know?

Turtles the size of small cars roamed Earth 60 million years ago.

More about turtles
Sea Life

Jellyfish Facts!

Join us as we travel the oceans far and wide with these electric jellyfish facts!
Birds

Starling murmuration facts!

Discover some amazing aerial antics…
Birds

Bird lover builds 27,500 swift nest boxes!

Check out this awesome achievement…
General Animals

10 great gorilla facts!

Discover these incredible, gentle giants of the forest…
General Animals

Rhino facts!

These animals are big, bulky and absolutely brilliant!
General Animals

Eurasian Lynx Facts!

Find out ten fast facts about the Eurasian Lynx!
Sea Life

How YOU can help save our marine wildlife!

Will YOU help protect our endangered marine wildlife?
General Animals

Dr Jane Goodall interview!

Find out more about this amazing primatologist who has changed the way we see our closest animal cousins…
General Animals

Autumn Animals!

Check out our gallery of beautiful autumn animals!
Prehistoric Animals

Meet Some Deadly Dinos!

Join us as we get up-close with some prehistoric beasts!
General Animals

Steve Backshall interview!

NG KiDS catches up with wildlife expert Steve Backshall…
General Animals

Meet Narwhal the ‘unicorn’ puppy

This abandoned pup has an unusual feature on his forehead…
General Animals

Scientists invent device that lets dogs talk (yes, really!)

The device could help dogs who care for people with disabilities
General Animals

10 brr-illiant reindeer facts!

Get the lowdown on these festive, furry creatures…
General Animals

11 cats that totally ruined Christmas!

Meet 11 felines feeling anything but festive…
Birds

Meet the penguins of the Falkland Islands!

Join us on an adventure to the Falkland Islands to meet five fab species of penguin!
General Animals

10 awesome dog facts!

Get the lowdown on these adorable animals…
General Animals

Meet Some Bonkers Bats!

Get ready for the winged, weird and wonderful…
General Animals

Experience life as an animal with virtual-reality headsets!

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee…be transported into the minds of animals
General Animals

What’s it like to be a rhino ranger?

Nat Geo Kids goes into the wild with the Black Rhino Conservation Programme…
General Animals

10 facts about rats!

Find out about these clever critters…
General Animals

Meet some incredible conservation heroes!

They’re the ultimate wildlife warriors…
General Animals

10 brilliant bat facts!

Discover these fantastic flying mammals…
General Animals

Scientists still stumped by zebra stripes

What is the meaning of those stripy coats?
Birds

Scientists discover birdie tap dance that’s invisible to the naked eye

The behaviour was picked up by slow-motion cameras
Prehistoric Animals

Dakotaraptor: Scientists unearth giant winged raptor!

Could the huge predator really have challenged the T. rex?
Prehistoric Animals

NG KiDS chats to Dinosaur Expert Jack Horner!

We get the dino lowdown from Jurassic World’s lead palaeontologist…
General Animals

10 great gorilla facts!

Discover these incredible, gentle giants of the forest…
Prehistoric Animals

‘Rainbow dinosaur’ fossil discovered!

Check out this colourful, feathered fossil…
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