World Book Blog

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World Book blogs are carefully crafted by our team of editors to present the latest news, science discoveries, current events and other topics of interests for young readers to inspire curiosity and a love of learning.

Australia’s Ancient Tracks

by | Thursday, April 13, 2017 |

​For thousands of years, indigenous (native) people of Western Australia knew about giant ancient...

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New Puppet Toads–of the Dead

by | Wednesday, April 5, 2017 |

Scientists, never satisfied with the current number of known frogs in the world, have added two new...

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India’s New Night Frogs

by | Thursday, March 9, 2017 |

After five years of exploration and study in the mountainous Western Ghats region of India,...

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Exploring the Amazon Reef

by | Tuesday, March 7, 2017 |

Off the coast of Brazil, where the Amazon River spills into the Atlantic Ocean, scientists are...

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