Ranger Rick articles from February 2002

Ranger Rick archives from February 2002

Bluebird Winter.
February 1, 2002... Bluebird Winter In summer, juicy insects crawl On leaves and through the grass. I feast on bugs until late fall, Then catch them less and less. Soon winter comes with snow and ice And winds all in a...

Be mine, valentine.
February 1, 2002... It's Valentine's Day--when some people think about snagging a girlfriend or boyfriend. But how do animals find mates? The male frigatebird here puffs out his throat pouch. Female frigates love his big-red-balloon look! Read on for more...

Dear Ranger Rick.
February 1, 2002... Our magazine has a very special group of Ranger Rick Advisors. After the terrible day of September 11, 2001, we asked our advisors if they and their families were safe. (We were worried.) We also asked them if nature was helping them feel...

Open wide, look inside, it's alive!
February 1, 2002... Look who has moved into your mouth--more than 500 different kinds of microbes. Guess what? This is normal. Read on to find out why. Really weird fact: Most of the cells in your body are not human. They are tiny, one-celled life forms...

Extreme science.
February 1, 2002... At a volcano in Hawaii, burning-hot lava spews more than 200 feet into the air.... Wait--what's that on the rim? Is that a person? Yup, it's a scientist named Robin Holcomb. He's there to study the volcano. What can we tell you? Science is...

Reader riddles.
February 1, 2002... What did the boy firefly say to the girl firefly? You glow, girl! Krystina P. and Danelle B., Pennsylvania What little creatures get married on Valentine's Day? Roman-ticks. Rachel R., New York What flower fights a lot? A...

Get out!
February 1, 2002... Be a Tree Detective You can tell a lot about trees in the wintertime--if you're a good detective. For example, check out some evergreens (trees that wear their leaves all year around). Are the leaves needle-shaped, scaly, or broad and...

Wahoo, Kangaroo!
February 1, 2002... Ready to read about some cool creatures? Then hop to it! Like some sort of stuck-together, make-believe beast, a kangaroo seems too strange to be true. It has huge hind legs and tiny front ones. Its tail is almost as long as its body. It...

Fun on the run: Ranger Rick's pull-out game section.
February 1, 2002... Share these pages with your friends! WHERE'S THE ZOO'S ROO? by Claire Miller Sue-Roo, a kangaroo, hopped out of her pen and is lost in the crowd at the zoo. She thought it would be fun to be out, but the zookeepers need to put her...