Ranger Rick articles from May 1999

Ranger Rick archives from May 1999

SEAL ISLAND KIDS.
May 1, 1999... Seals were a big part of the lives of Aleut people in the far, far North. Today, many Aleut kids say they'd rather drive ATVs and play computer games than deal with seals. But then some of them found out that the seals needed their help. . .... .

JOURNEY TO A NEARBY PLANET.
May 1, 1999... An alien visitor discovers the strange life on another world. Explorer Robot XR22 stepped out of the spaceship. It looked over the surface of the new planet. Here and there stood strange trees without branches or leaves, towering high over...

ASK SCARLETT.
May 1, 1999... How do snakes dig holes without hands or feet? Erica Lightfeldt Moreno Valley, CA It's true that many kinds of snakes spend a lot of time in holes. But you have a point: They don't seem to have much to dig with. By pushing...

ON THE WINGS OF A BUTTERFLY.
May 1, 1999... Butterfly wings are beautiful things and are fine for flying too. But guess what? They're also FULL of tricks! This tiger swallowtail's wings are big and easy to see. But notice all the white markings along the wings' edges and the "tails"...

HOME, HOME ON THE PLANE!(plane used as a home)
May 1, 1999... What's this plane doing here? Did it crash? Well, not really... Actually, a woman named Jo Ann Ussery recycled it! When her old house was ruined by an ice storm, Jo Ann went shopping for a new one. She found a jet that was too old to...

ADVENTURES OF RANGER RICK.
May 1, 1999... The gang has a run-in with Bigfoot! Boomer Badger slapped the side of his nose. "Pesky mosquitoes!" he exclaimed. Boomer, Sammy Squirrel, Scarlett Fox, and Ranger Rick Raccoon were visiting an island in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. They...