Kids News - Articles with 200-400 Words

Conservationists at New Zealand's Kaori Wildlife Sanctuary, are ecstatic after discovering a month-old tuatara, a rare reptile and the only living descendent of the lizard-like dinosaurs that inhabited the Earth, more than 65 million years ago....

Last Friday, 26 lucky fifth-graders from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington D.C, got to visit with US First Lady, Michelle Obama, and help her get started on the new fruit and vegetable garden in the White House lawn....

A team of scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California, recently revealed that they have developed a metallic glass that is harder and tougher than stainless steel, but weighs much less....

Ever since the behavior and habits of Orangutans has been documented, scientists have known that these apes hate water and cannot swim. However, as this Orangutan mum demonstrated - Nothing is impossible!...

Mosha, an Asian elephant, was only seven months old, when she hurt one of her legs. The injured animal was whisked to the Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospital and Sanctuary in Lampang, Thailand for treatment....

A mysterious comic collector, made headlines on March 13th, after paying a record $317,000 USD for a rare original copy of the first comic featuring Superman, his girlfriend Lois Lane, and magician, Giovanni 'John' Zatara....

A powerful sandstorm swept through parts of the Middle East on March 10th, grinding all activities to a complete halt for a few hours. While sandstorms are common in spring, this was one of the biggest storms the area has seen, in decades....

Will you please stop staring at me ! That certainly seems to be the message, Santino, a popular 31-year old Chimpanzee, seemed to be trying to get across, to the thousands of humans who gawk at him day-after-day....

If you think being an astronaut is all work and no play, you haven't met Koichi Wakata. Every time he goes, he manages to perform at least one fun experiment....