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Get the scoop on this splashy spring festival in Thailand.
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Your heart and the role it plays.
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Read six surprising stories about animal siblings. Then decide for yourself if these California sea lion (at left), Labrador retrievers, bonobos, grizzly bears, hyenas, and orcas really care about each other.
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Leatherback sea turtles are the biggest turtles on Earth. An adult leatherback sea turtle is generally longer than an average-size man is tall. Unlike other species of sea turtles, which have hard shells, the leatherback’s shell is leathery; it feels almost rubbery. The shell is black, often speckled with white or yellow spots. These huge reptiles lived 100 million years ago—during the age of dinosaurs—but their future is uncertain. Leatherbacks are one of the more endangered creatures on Earth. They are often caught by accident in fishing nets. Stuck underwater, they drown. Sea turtle nesting habitats are also being destroyed, and the eggs they do lay are illegally collected by people for food. Newly hatched sea turtles instinctively head from the nest to the sea, but in areas where people live, the hatchlings often become confused by lights from houses built along shore. Instead of heading to sea, they head toward the lights. Another hazard for sea turtles is floating plastic trash, which they often mistake for jellyfish, their main food. Leatherbacks must breathe air at the surface, but can stay underwater for up to 35 minutes at a time. Only females ever leave the ocean. During nesting season, the female comes ashore on a sandy beach, where she digs a hole. She lays about 100 eggs in the hole, covers them with sand, and heads back to sea. Sea turtles do not guard their nests, so the babies are on their own. The eggs take about two months to hatch. The tiny hatchlings are only 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 centimeters) long. As soon as they hatch, they dig their way out of the sandy nest and scurry across the beach to the sea. Gulls and other birds often scoop up the hatchlings before they make it to the water. Other predators, such as large fish, await those lucky enough to make it into the sea.
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This lively Mexican celebration helps families honor their ancestors.
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See pictures and read about Denali National Park on National Geographic Kids.
a tundra (or flat, frigid expanse of land), where winter

Find out how one adventurer became part of a pack of arctic wolves for an amazing 30 hours. This explorer trekked along with the animals in Northern Canada as they hunted, napped, and played. Then discover how the arctic wolf’s body is perfectly built for a place where temperatures can reach as low as minus 70°F.
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Get the facts on Uranus, a planet with a sideways axis.
is locked in more than 20 years of darkness in the winter