Earth Facts for Children

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A Fish with Three Hearts!

Said to be a 'royal' among sea animals, because it has blue blood, the cuttlefish has three hearts. More important, it is not a fish. What is it... Read on ...

Global Warming: Melting kingdom of the Polar Bear

Trapped carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is turning the Polar Bear's frozen home into a floating death trap. Amateur documentary filmmaker Ashok Vaish gives an exclusive first person account of how global warming is threatening the Arctic Polar Bear... Read on ...

A New Camel Specie Discovered

Recently scientists discovered what they think is a new species of wild camel in a remote part of China. These mammals look very similar to the two-humped Bactrian camel but they have a unique feature - they survive by drinking salty water! Read on ...

No Dalmatians Please

When the movie 101 Dalmatians hit the screen, thousands of people went and picked up these loveable puppies as pets. But many were unable to keep to their commitment of maintaining a pet. Now the sequel, 102 Dalmatians, is attracting flak from animal-protection groups to prevent another rash of Dalmatian buying. Read on ...

Great White Sharks Heading for Extinction

Found in every ocean of the world, the great white shark is feared as a man-eater. These misunderstood creatures have been commercially hunted so ruthlessly that they now face the threat of extinction. Read on ...

Rhinos: On the Comeback Trail

The rhino population has been systematically decimated by poachers who kill the animal for its horn. Thanks to conservation efforts in Africa and India, the rhino population is showing some signs of recovery. Read on ...

Mosquito Menace

So you want to avoid those irritatingly itchy, even dangerous, mosquito bites? Wipe off that sweat and beware of the female of the species. Read on ...

Sea Turtles

One of the oldest surviving species on earth, the sea turtle has many interesting habits. The most interesting being its tendency to come back to the same nesting site, again and again. Read on ...

The Truth about Zoos

They may have been set up with lofty aims, but conditions in Indian zoos mirror that of a badly run state orphanage. The solution here, too, seems to be to adopt an animal. Read on ...

It's a Zoo Out There!

Zoos are places where people can study wildlife. Zoos also breed endangered animals with a future possibility of reintroducing them in the wild. In fact, zoos are perhaps the only place now to see some of the endangered wildlife! Read on ...