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Ranger Rick magazine spread titled Real-Life Pokémon, pairing Pikachu with a pika, Shellos with a blue sea slug, and Drowzee with a Malayan tapir

Real-life Pokémon

Did you know that many Pokémon are inspired by animals and plants that exist in the real world? Let’s meet a few of these real-life “pocket monsters”!

Illustrated red-backed salamander walking across the ground holding a Washington, D.C., flag

Salamander City

How a fourth grader's park discovery led to Washington, D.C. naming an official amphibian.

Magazine spread about saving sea otters showing mother with pup and a researcher observing

Saving Sea Otters

The best place for a sea otter pup is with Mom. But for orphaned or injured otters, help from humans is the next best thing.

Ranger Rick magazine spread titled Scary Animals, showing the silhouette of a Texas brown tarantula rearing up against an orange sunset and a close-up of a vampire bat baring its fangs

Scary Animals

Do hairy tarantulas and bloodthirsty bats creep you out? If they do, you aren’t alone. But you can relax: These animals aren’t so spooky once you get to know them.

Ranger Rick magazine spread titled What's So Super About Sea Stars?, showing two blue sea stars clinging to rocky coral columns underwater

Sea Stars

Sure, with their bright, beautiful colors, sea stars are super showy. But that’s not the only super thing about them.

Illustration of a girl looking up at a snag, a dead tree where owls, a woodpecker, a bluebird, a squirrel, and a raccoon live

Spot a Snag

Next time you’re in a forest, in a field, or near water, keep an eye out for snags. Use our checklist to describe what you discover about each one.

Ranger Rick magazine spread titled Stuck on Mud, showing a mud-caked Cape buffalo with a bird on its head, a crayfish on its mud chimney, a spadefoot toad in the mud, and yellow sulphur butterflies on wet ground

Stuck on Mud

Mud! It’s squishy and sticky, gooey and gloppy, mucky and messy—and nothing could be nicer for the mud-loving animals you’re about to meet.

Ranger Rick magazine spread titled Super Groupers, showing two huge goliath groupers swimming through a school of small silver fish

Super Groupers

They aren’t called goliath groupers for nothing. They’re among the largest species of fish in the world. They’re also among the most endangered.

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