Category: Kids News Archive

It looked like a situation from a Wile E Coyote and Roadrunner cartoon. An unfortunate coyote got its head stuck, in a jumbo-sized plastic snack food container. The poor coyote had been wandering around Ontario Canada for days, before rescuers were able to capture it. The coyote is recovering at the Hobbitstee Wildlife Refuge.

Stephen Morris is a professional violinist who made a horrible mistake. After a recording session, he was so tired, he left his 320,000 dollar violin on a London train. After realizing it the next morning, he created social media accounts, and begged whoever had his instrument to return it. Thankfully, the violin was returned unharmed.

The silver-backed chevrotain, also known as the Vietnamese mouse deer, went missing for 30 years. No one had spotted one in the wild since 19 90, until the species was recently rediscovered! The rabbit-sized deer has tiny fangs and hooves, and lives in the forests of Vietnam. I’m glad they weren’t extinct!

Are you a Harry Potter fan? How would you like to stay in Hagrid’s hut! If you travel to North Yorkshire in the UK, you can stay in The Groundskeeper’s Cottage. It looks just like Hagrid’s home from the outside, and the inside has circular rooms, stained glass windows, and a copper bathtub!

Today is World Kindness Day. Try to think about each thing you do, and make sure you’re being kind. Then go out of your way to do one nice thing for someone. Can you do that every day? Think how great the world would be, if everyone treated each other with kindness!

The world’s largest living-cut Christmas tree, was lit in California this weekend. It took over 18,000 LED lights and 10,000 ornaments, to decorate the 115 foot-tall tree. The white fir is on display at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce, where an artificial snowfall will also take place every night for the rest of 2019.

14-year-old Alaina Glasser’s invention could save lives. Cars have blind spots, which are areas around the vehicle, that the driver can’t see in their mirrors. Alaina developed a system that uses a webcam, to project the hidden areas onto the inside of the car. The Pennsylvania teen’s project, won the $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize!

Chicago Illinois is the first big American city, to do away with library late fees. As a result, more people have been visiting the library, and bringing their overdue books with them. Book returns have increased by an amazing 240%! It’s more fun to check out books, when you don’t have to worry about fines.

The Northern Taurid meteor showers are known for producing bright fireballs, and it delivered a spectacular one yesterday. In St Louis Missouri, residents saw the sky light up and heard a loud boom as a meteor blazed across the sky! It most likely burned up before reaching the Earth’s surface.

Today’s not a day for just any old rodent. It’s Fancy Rat And Mouse Day. Many people keep fancy rats and mice as pets. If you have a mouse in your house, leave out a little top hat and bow tie so he can be fancy too!