Animals Facts for Kids
Amazing facts about creatures big and small
Researchers discovered that giraffes hum to each other at night, producing low-frequency sounds that are barely audible to humans.
African grey parrots have demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero, an ability once thought to be uniquely human.
In parts of the Pacific Islands, people have historically used the incredibly strong silk of golden orb-weaver spiders as fishing lines.
Butterflies sometimes drink from mud puddles to get minerals and salts they cannot find in flower nectar. This is called puddling.
Dogs have been trained to detect certain diseases, including some cancers, by smelling changes in a person's breath or skin.
Owls can rotate their heads up to 270 degrees because they have 14 neck bones — twice as many as humans.
Box jellyfish have 24 eyes arranged in clusters of six on each side. Some of these eyes can form images, while others simply detect light.
A woodpecker's tongue can be so long that it wraps around the back of its skull, helping it reach insects deep inside tree bark.
Baby goats develop different bleating sounds depending on which group they grow up in, meaning they essentially have accents.
An elephant's pregnancy lasts about 22 months, which is the longest of any land animal.