The Mystery of the Wet Lizards
  • By Charline Profiri
  • Duration: 0:05:26
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

Learn how desert lizards "harvest" rainwater that has fallen on their backs.

The Seal in Our Backyard
  • By Andrea Lawson
  • Duration: 0:02:52
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

The author's experience of an elephant seal molting in her backyard.

The Secret of the Strange Flower
  • By Linda Herman
  • Duration: 0:06:13
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

How Charles Darwin discovered a moth he never saw.

The Song of the Mouse
  • By Highlights for Children
  • Duration: 0:05:37
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

Scientist Tim Holy studies mice and the way in which they aurally communicate.

These Pumpkins Sure Can Kick!
  • By Patricia Cuff
  • Duration: 0:05:41
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

This article features the Pumpkins, Namibia's first ever soccer team for girls 12 and under. These brave girls competed against boys and women much older than them. Their courage...

Under the Ice
  • By Alison Pearce Stevens, Ph.D.
  • Duration: 0:03:03
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

Describes how Weddell seals live on and under Antarctic ice.

Weaving in My Mango Tree
  • By Radha H S
  • Duration: 0:00:37
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

See how weaver ants save mango trees.

What's a Bear to Eat
  • By Sharon T. Pochron, Ph.D.
  • Duration: 0:04:51
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

Learn why people food makes a dangerous diet for bears.

When Do Monkeys Talk
  • By Sharon T. Pochron, Ph.D.
  • Duration: 0:02:23
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

A scientist discovered that monkeys can control the sounds they make--they seem to know when to keep quiet and when to call in the family.

When My Pigs Saved the Day
  • By Jennifer Owings Dewey
  • Duration: 0:01:25
  • Narrator: Highlights for Children
  • Publisher: Highlights

Jennifer thought she knew all about pigs until the night coyotes tried to snatch kittens and puppies from the farm.

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