Kids News - Articles with 200-400 Words

Ricochet or Rip Curl Riki as she is often called, is a two-year old golden retriever, who was raised to be a service dog, one that could be a lifelong companion to a disabled person. However, her penchant for chasing after birds and other small animals dashed those aspirations, which was a good thing, because it led to her new career as . . . . . . . A SURFice dog!...

There is no doubt that October 10th, 2010 or 10/10/10, is a special day, given that most of us will not be around to see this sequence when it occurs again, on October 10th, 2110. However, is it the luckiest day of the century? Depends on who you ask!...

An Australian company is developing a giant disc-shaped piloted airship, that will be able to transport loads of up to 150 tons or 7 times more than that carried by conventional helicopters, for as long as 1,200 miles, at a speed of 45 knots....

Naples, the capital of Campania, Italy, is known for many things - It's rich history, culture, architecture, music and most importantly, for inventing pizza. However, the city's location, right near, Mount Vesuvias, an active volcano that has erupted 50 times since that fateful day in 79 A.D., when it buried Pompeii and its sister city, Herculaneum. Now, geologists are trying to see if they can predict the next major eruption and save the beautiful city of Naples, from a similar fate....

Darell Hammond is an entrepreneur on a mission - To create a great place to play within walking distance of every child. While that may not sound like a big deal to those of you, who have access to many playgrounds it is, to thousands of inner-city kids, some of who don't even know what a playground is....

As cities become increasingly congested, people are coming up with innovative ideas to add some greenery. First there were the small community gardens, then came the rooftop gardens - Now, NYU graduate student, Marco Castro Casio has taken that concept even further, by suggesting gardens atop buses....

In early September, British wildlife photographers, Will and Mathew Burrard-Lucas went to Kenya's Masai Mara game preserve, hoping to capture images of the world-famous wildebeest migration. They ended up getting not only stunning migration pictures, but also, those of an extremely rare pink baby hippo....

Straps, rubber soles, white shoelaces - all words that come to mind when thinking about shoes. But how about dog-faces, bananas, and tongues?...

Paleontologists in Peru, who recently unearthed an almost complete skeleton of a penguin that used to inhabit the earth about 36 million years ago, have revealed that the flightless bird used to be reddish-brown and grey, not black and white!...