Animals in Autumn

What are the animals up to this autumn? Let's find out! We unravel the secrets and unlock the mysteries of this marvellous season. This issue is not just about reading and learning, it's about digging in and getting hands-on! Make your own clay hedgehog, assemble an owl with a rotating head, solve fun puzzles and create nature art.

Ready, Steady, Glow!

This issue sheds light on wildlife with a special talent: it can glow! From twinkling fireflies lighting up forests to glow-in-the-dark sharks, we’ll tell you why ­– and how – they glow! You'll meet beaming beetles, glowing frogs, luminous jellies and an array of furry mammals that gleam in glorious colours under UV light. We’ll also reveal our planet’s most brightly glowing animal!

Funky Fungi 

What’s so special about a mushroom? A LOT, as we found out! Besides being a delicious superfood, fungi ROCK in so many ways. They can build amazing structures, communicate with plants and trees, eat plastic, cure diseases, absorb radioactivity and create new eco-friendly materials… They might even be able to help us colonise new planets. Neither plant nor animal, fungi have their very own kingdom.  And they totally rock ’n’ rule it.

The future is bright, the future is fungi! Find out more! 

 

Nature Tricksters 

Meet the world’s most cunning animal imposters! Ventriloquist birds, playing dead con artists, decoy spiders, clever shape-shifters and masterful mimickers… They fake it to make it! Plants play tricks, too! We’ll show you why you should never trust an orchid… especially if you’re a winged insect. And with Halloween around the corner, sculptor Ray Villafane, the Picasso of pumpkin carving, will reveal how to turn a pumpkin into a masterpiece.

Get ready to be tricked!