One type of hummingbird chick looks a lot like a caterpillar, for a very good reason.

People are ringing a doorbell to open an underwater gate and let fish swim through. You can try it!

A high school student investigated whether laundry water could be reused—and won a science prize for it!

From a toothy snail to a guitar-shaped fish, here are some of the species scientists recently discovered.

The Vegetable Orchestra is a musical group in which vegetables are used as instruments.

A fisherman and his son found the remains of a canoe once used by ancient Polynesian people.

Zara Lachlan is the first woman to row solo from Europe to South America.

Hundreds of people took part in a snowball fight in Uonuma, Japan.

Plants normally make their own food. But scientists are using electricity to make the energy plants need to grow.

Kynlee Rogers and her dog, Tennessee, have a lot in common.

An artist built a little red house and launched it into space. If all goes as planned, the house will be placed on the Moon’s surface.

The satellite will orbit Earth for a total of six months.

Daisy Bates used her position as a newspaper owner and writer to highlight racial injustice.

Polar bears swim on the coldest of days. So why doesn’t their fur freeze? Scientists have the answer.

Author Mac Barnett is the 2025–2026 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.