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Marine Life

A Day at the Beach

Break out the virtual sunscreen for a Kid Scoop adventure to the beach. Let’s begin by learning about high and low tides and how their ebb and flow leaves behind magical tide pools teeming with life! Play an informative matching … Continue reading

Clams and Shellfish

What a fun year-round adventure to hunt for seashells along the shoreline! Once home to living creatures called “mollusks,” seashells come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Born with soft-bodies, most mollusks need a hard shell to survive and for … Continue reading

Creatures That Glow

When it’s dark outside, a flashlight keeps us safely on the right path. If electricity fails, candles help us move from room to room. We depend on these inventions to guide us once the sun goes down. But some creatures … Continue reading

Hermit Crabs

While humans have a hard skeleton on the inside and a soft body on the outside, most crabs have a hard skeleton on the outside to protect their soft bodies. Along comes the hermit crab without a full shell to … Continue reading

Humuhumunukunukuapua’a

How long would it take you to learn to spell your name if it had 21 letters? Fortunately for the humuhumunukunukuapua’a spelling is not required when they join their “school” of fish. This colorful animal with an extra long name … Continue reading

Inky the Octopus

Oh, no! Octopus on the loose! This issue scurries to follow the true adventure of Inky the Giant Octopus who single handedly—or eight “leg-edly”—masterminded a daring and clever escape from his aquarium tank in New Zealand. Follow his tail from … Continue reading

Jacques Cousteau

To live like a fish you need to be able to glide through ocean marvels and breathe without coming to the surface for air! Years ago a young French boy wanted to live play, and explore the ocean. Jacques Cousteau … Continue reading

Killer Whales

Ahoy, mateys! Climb aboard the Kid Scoop Whale Watching vessel as we venture on an ocean tour to learn more about this magnificent creature. Kids will have a whale of a time discovering killer whales, or “orcas”, in this special … Continue reading

Lobsters

Meet Leon the Lobster—a crusty crustacean—who will guide young marine biologists on a tour of his neighborhood. It’s not easy surviving in the ocean—but the lobster has evolved features that help him survive. Discover why lobsters and their cousins—crabs and … Continue reading

Manatees

The manatee—a large, slow moving gentle giant—has abided in our planet’s tropical waters, rivers and bays for over 50 million years. After so much time the manatee has a long history of survival and intrigue. Once mistaken as mermaids by … Continue reading