Articles for Grade 3

What began as a one-day hiking trip to Mt Adams, Washington's second highest mountain, ended up being a five night ordeal for an Oregon man, who had to eat ants, centipedes and even spiders, in order to survive....

Tofu and Fin must be the luckiest rats in the world. Not only do they live on the beautiful Island of Hawaii, but they are also not confined to a treadmill in a cage like most pet rats - Instead these one-year olds get to surf on the beautiful beaches, on their own custom-made surfboards....

With less than ten days left before Halloween, we are sure most of you already know what you are going to dress up as. For those of you who still haven't even thought about it or are still on the fence, here are a few ideas for costumes that can be made with a little help from mum or dad....

Astronomers have found what they believe is the hottest exoplanet. Called Wasp 12-b, this charcoal black planet with temperatures exceeding 2,200 degrees Celsius (4,000 degrees Fahrenheit) is hotter than some stars, and about half the temperature of our own star - the Sun....

Ever since she was an infant, Anjana has watched her keeper China York, nurture orphaned baby animals at The Institute of Greatly Endangered Species in South Carolina (TIGERS). It is therefore no wonder that the now two-year old chimpanzee has learnt a trick or two on how to be a caring and loving parent....

Nik Wallenda is no stranger to nail-biting stunts. Born into the circus family, the Flying Wallendas, he has grown up watching his father, grandfather and even great-grandfather perform some hair-raising stunts. However, what Nik did on Tuesday, had everyone crossing his or her fingers....

This stick bug found by an insect enthusiast on the Malaysian side of Borneo has been declared to be the World's tallest insect. Named Chan's Megastick, after the naturalist who donated it, the insect will go on display in the Creepy Crawlies gallery at the Natural History of Museum in London, later this week....

Tim and Jackie Ferrier love to entertain and invite guests for meals. On any given morning, afternoon or night, they may have up to 29 of them clucking, heehawing, barking, meowing and even neighing at each other. For the guests they invite, are not of the human kind but their menagerie of pets....

Leonardo Panayioutou is a normal four year-old who 'lives and breathes motor racing'. Except in his case, he gets to fulfill his passion twice or thrice a week on an actual track. For this pint-sized British boy is already an amazing Go-Kart racer....