Kids News - Articles with 200-400 Words

As we get ready to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Veterans Day, we thought it would be interesting to investigate the origins of this holiday and the reason it is always celebrated on November 11th....

For the next five days, the tiny town of Pushkar in Northern India, will become the hub of festivities as thousands of pilgrims, tourists and camels gather here for the annual Camel Festival....

The Madagascar gang is back in the theatres - Moving it, in their new sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa are Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo and Melman, the Giraffe, who all continue from where they had left off in the first movie....

Three-week old Pingu, an African Penguin was born with a slight disadvantage. His brother was a bit of a bully who ate all of Pingu's fish. At first, the Zookeepers at the Living Coasts in Torquay, Devon, ignored the problem, thinking the siblings would be able to sort things out....

Robo flautist or WF4IV (Waseda Flutist No. 4 Refined IV), as he likes to be called, is an amazing musician. Wearing just a dapper black hat, this bony, all metal flute player, plays complex scores perfectly and even interacts and engages with his audience....

Five-year old Emelia Fawbert and her dad James, were out on a group fossil hunting trip at a newly excavated site in Gloucestershire, England, when she noticed something stuck in the mud. Using a trowel, she and her dad gently excavated an almost perfect fossil....

How can you tell a healthy shrimp from a sick one? Just place it on a treadmill and see how long it can run. At least that's what a team of scientists from the Pacific University in Oregon did - And the results were quite astonishing....

Bay area teens Josh Rushakoff and Caroline Jaffe are typical high school seniors with crazy busy schedules. Yet, they somehow seems to find the time to perform concerts for senior citizens residing in retirement homes or nursing facilities, and have also made it easy for other budding musicians to do the same....

The Mexican State of Chihuahua has become quite famous, thanks to its namesake dog. However, it is also home to one of the most amazing Crystal Caves - Unlike any other found in the world....