Squirrel Squabble<\/p>\n
A battle is brewing in the forests of the British Isles. For at least 10,000 years, Eurasian red squirrels called this area home. Then, in the 1870s, people brought eastern gray squirrels<\/a> over from North America to live in their gardens. The grays quickly spread out\u2014and took over. In this issue, discover why these squirrels are at odds and what humans are doing to help!<\/p>\n FUN FACT!\u00a0Red squirrels make their nests in the holes of tree trunks. They\u2019re often found resting here in the middle of the day.<\/p>\n Practice Mission to Space<\/p>\n The next astronauts to visit the moon<\/a>\u2014or someday live on Mars<\/a>\u2014won\u2019t need just rockets. They\u2019ll also need to know how to eat, sleep, drive, communicate, and stay healthy far from home. That\u2019s why volunteers are spending weeks or even months living in places on Earth that look and feel like another planet. See how their work will help astronauts in the future.<\/p>\n FUN FACT! NASA scientists hope to send humans to Mars in the 2030s! Would you want to go to there?<\/p>\n 6 Strange Dinos<\/p>\n Bizarre spikes, wacky teeth, and weird claws\u2014dinosaurs rocked some seriously zany looks. In this issue, you’ll meet six of the oddest-looking dinosaurs<\/a> to ever roam the planet.<\/p>\n FUN FACT! Avian dinosaurs survived the asteroid impact that wiped out the rest of the dinosaurs. Their descendants\u2014more than 11,000 species of modern-day dinosaurs, aka birds<\/a>\u2014inhabit Earth today.<\/p>\n Watch Dino Road Trip<\/p>\n Tylosaurus<\/p>\n Ali and Sean travel back 80 million years to check out Tylosaurus, a prehistoric reptile that lived in what is now Kansas. They find out about life underwater for this enormous creature and get an up-close look at the Tylosaurus\u2019 extra set of teeth!<\/p>\n Explorer HQ: Take a Bite!<\/p>\n This month, we\u2019re exploring food<\/a>. Play a mouthwatering meal game, see some delicious dishes drawn by Nat Geo Kids readers, learn what sharks<\/a> eat, and more.<\/p>\n Plus!Weird But True<\/a>!:\u00a0Check out fun facts you can share with your friends.The Big Picture:\u00a0Discover how a Nat Geo photographer snapped an adorable panda<\/a> photo.From Sap to Syrup:\u00a0See how sap from a maple tree becomes the tasty syrup on your pancakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Squirrel Squabble A battle is brewing in the forests of the British Isles. For at least 10,000 years,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-629127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}