National Geographic Kids (AU/NZ)

Perfect for nature-loving 7-12 year olds, each issue of Nat Geo Kids is carefully curated to ignite curiosity and spark conversations about science and nature, empowering children to love and care for our beautiful planet.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KiDS

COOL NEWS • Inspiring stories from around the globe…

MINECRAFT • The famous game’s 14th birthday is coming up on 18 November! Let’s celebrate with these top facts…

OCT 14 OCT -20 THE MAIN EVENT: AUSSIE BIRD COUNT

MAKE IT A DATE • Key events for your diary!

HOW TO BUILD A DINOSAUR • See how scientists pieced together the bones of this newly discovered Jurassic species!

LIFE OF A FOSSIL

DINOSAUR SUPERSTARS • Palaeontologists make discoveries every day, so there may be more new prehistoric species waiting to be uncovered! In the meantime, use the clues below to match each dino on the right to the award you think best describes it…

ALL ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM SEED BANK • Join Nat Geo Kids on a behind-the-scenes trip to an epic underground vault in the UK, where scientists are working to save the world’s plants from extinction!

HOW TO BANK A SEED! • Storing a seed correctly can extend its life by hundreds of years! Find out how the scientists do it…

MEET THE SEED DETECTIVES! • Scientists from the MSB are on a mission to collect the world’s most precious seeds, protect plants from extinction -and even see how seeds get on in outer space! Three experts tell us about their vital work…

OCEAN EXPLORERS • Four tales of adventure on a ship that’s built for science…

EMI KONDO • Find out how undercover filmmaker Emi is bringing the plight of threatened creatures to light…

BUGS IN THE CITY • FROM TEENY ANTS TO BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES, BILLIONS OF BUGS SHARE OUR CITIES. They’re all around us – scurrying along pavements, digging in flowerbeds and zooming through the sky. Most are pretty small, but they are easy to find. You just need to stop and look around you, and be careful where you step!

TREE WĒTĀ in Wellington, New Zealand • NEW ZEALAND’S CAPITAL IS ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD FOR NATURE SPOTTING. Pods of dolphins and orcas hang out in the harbour, little blue penguins shuffle across the streets to reach their nests, and gangs of gulls lurk on the quayside looking for sandwiches. Meanwhile, giant insects the size of mice hide out in suburban shrubberies. With their curved tusks and spiny legs, tree wētā may look terrifying, but they’re probably more scared of you than you are of them!

DRAGONFLIES in Lisbon, Portugal • WITH ITS PRETTY COBBLED STREETS AND SANDY BEACHES, LISBON ATTRACTS VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. It is also a popular stop-off for globetrotting dragonflies, heading south to Africa for some winter sun. If you’re lucky enough to be in Lisbon towards the end of their summer, you might spot thousands of these shiny big-eyed flying machines streaming across the city to hunt insects in the rivers, lakes and ponds.

STINGLESS BEES in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • RIO IS FAMED FOR ITS TROPICAL BEACHES AND ITS COLOURFUL CARNIVAL, BUT IT HAS A WILD SIDE, TOO. Black vultures sunbathe on lamp posts, mischievous capuchin monkeys sneak into homes to steal fruit, and endangered species such as golden lion tamarins, ocelots and sloths hang out in the huge forest that surrounds the city. Some of Rio’s smallest animal inhabitants are also some of its most useful – stingless bees. Not only do they help to pollinate fruit and crops, they make delicious sweet honey!

WACKY WORLD! • The planet’s strangest pictures…

THE LIFE OF MAE JEMISON • Meet the childhood sci-fi fan who grew up to become the first Black woman in space!

JUNIOR EXPLORERS' CLUB

FUN STUFF • GAMES, LAUGHS AND LOTS TO...