Welcome to OLogy!
The science website
for kids from
the American Museum
of Natural History.

Fireflies aren't flies at all. They're beetles!

Koalas are not bears. They're marsupials and are more closely related to kangaroos.

Some meteorites are small pieces of the moon.

If melted, the ice sheets covering Antarctica would raise global sea level by almost 70 meters (230 feet).

Antarctica is a continent surrounded by ocean. The Arctic is the opposite, an expanse of ocean surrounded by continents.

Many sauropods grew new teeth as often as once a month, as old ones wore out.

"Shooting stars" are actually meteors.

Identical twins have the exact same genes, but their fingerprints are unique.

Some meteorites are as old as the solar system.

Half a million neurons form every minute during the first five months in the womb.

Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly.