Trudi Trueit has written more than a hundred books for young readers, both fiction and nonfiction. Her love of writing began ...

Find out why these common animal myths aren't true. Animals do some pretty strange things. Giraffes clean their eyes and ears ...

The Egyptians working on the pyramids are helping create a culture that will last more than 3,000 years—it will be one of the longest-lasting civilizations in the world. During that time, ancient ...

Christmas Island red crabs are famous throughout Australia and the world for their bright red color and for their spectacular annual migration to the sea. Millions of crabs become rivers of red as ...

Thurgood Marshall may have been inspired to become a lawyer after pulling a prank in high school.

Known as “America’s wolf,” red wolves are the only species of wolf that lives in the United States—and nowhere else.