What on Earth! Magazine

What on Earth! Magazine, published in partnership with Encyclopaedia Britannica, is the UK’s fastest-growing children’s magazine, helping curious kids fall in love with reading, knowledge and learning. Covering all their favourite topics – from space, animals and the natural world, to history, machines and inventions – each issue is bursting with amazing facts, photos, quizzes, puzzles, jokes and more!

SNAP IT! • Astonishing photos from around the world

Eureka! • The latest astonishing discoveries, inventions and scientific breakthroughs.

How to chat… NIGHT MONKEY • The jungles of South America can be noisy at night-time. If you fancy a midnight chat with some night monkeys, you might need to warm up your vocal cords and get ready for some shrieking, gulping and sneezing…

WORD UP! • THIS MONTH: sign languages!

AMAZING STATUES • Humans have been making statues (sculptures of humans, animals or mythical beings) since prehistoric times. In fact, the oldest known statue is more than 30,000 years old! Here are 12 spectacular statues from around the world and across different periods of history. Which is your favourite?

FUNNY FACTS!

NOBODY KNOWS!

PUZZLES & GAMES! • Inside this 12-page activity section, you will find quizzes to do, puzzles to solve and fun activities to try. And don’t worry if you get stuck – all the answers are on page 34.

EYE DON’T BELIEVE IT! • Amazing optical illusions that trick your brain…

LISTIFIED! • Prepare to be amazed (and amused!) by the unusual facts crammed into these irresistible lists.

MAP IT

THINK DIFFERENT! • Original people who changed the world. This month: Madam C. J. Walker

ZANY FACTS FACTopia! • Follow the trail of crazily connected facts all the way from seeing the future to… poisonous golden frogs.

Look inside a… SUBMARINE!

THE BIG QUESTIONS?

MUSHROOMS!

PIRATES IN NUMBERS…

New schools quiz champions crowned! • Buzzers, brains and brilliance: celebrating the stars of our 2025 schools quiz.

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Jokes & Riddles