LNGenZ News for Kids: Science

Out past Jupiter lies our solar system’s second largest planet, the gas giant Saturn. It is one of the most intriguing members of our system, with its most impressive – but not only – ring system and with its most… Read More

Sloths are dog-sized animals that live in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. They are known for moving very slowly – this is due to their extremely low metabolic rate. Because sloths do not move well on the… Read More

Astronomers have discovered another “moon” orbiting the Sun with the Earth. It’s small and asteroid-like with a track similar to Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Astronomers have named the object 2025 PN7, informally referred to as “Buwan,” which is Tagalog… Read More

Earth may be the biggest of the inner planets, but it has nothing on the giants of the outer solar system. And there’s no planet in the system bigger than the fifth from the sun, Jupiter. But that isn’t the… Read More

There are 36 known species of rattlesnake in the world and dozens of subspecies. They can be found in Central America, South America, and North America. Scientists believe that the rattles on rattlesnakes evolved primarily to ward off bison and… Read More

On this trek through time, we land on a much more familiar planet than in the previous eons. It’s an ancient and still alien Earth, but over the course of about two billion years, the world went through extreme changes,… Read More

Welcome to the fastest moving planet in our solar system: Mercury. In fact, speed isn’t the only record it holds. It’s the smallest, the closest to the sun, and the one with the shortest year as well. Mercury is a… Read More

Quails are small birds that live all over the world. They spend most of their time on the ground because their stout, plump bodies make it difficult to take long flights. A quail is in the same family as the… Read More

Did you know Earth has a sister planet? Some even use the term evil twin! Venus is similar to Earth – it is the only other of the inner planets with any significant atmosphere. Yet it’s still alien enough to… Read More

Polar bears are large, carnivorous mammals that live in parts of Canada, Greenland, Alaska, Norway, and Russia. Global warming is negatively affecting the beautiful animals’ habitat, as they prefer cold, icy temperatures. As ancestors of the brown bear, polar bears… Read More

It’s time once again to travel back in time to the early age of Earth’s formative years – This time, to just after the violent Hadean Eon. When Earth finally emerged from the fire and turbulence of that first formative… Read More

Light pollution is artificial light that is unwanted and usually excessive. The bright lights that help keep homes, barns, and businesses safe and functioning around the clock may be disrupting natural patterns of birds. Apparently, those lights throw off the… Read More