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Scientists are not quite sure what colors the dinosaurs were. They can only guess that the dinosaurs may have been colored to match their surroundings, just as most animals are today.

Some animals survive in the wild by adapting their colors to the environment that they live in.

Nanabozho—part man, part spirit—is an Ojibwe trickster character, capable of great mischief. Nanabozho teaches us that beauty can sometimes come from mischief. In this story, Nanabozho "paints" the animal kingdom, giving color to each creature he can find.

How did some birds come to have brightly colored feathers to match the flowers and fruits of the tropical forest, but others stayed in muted colors? According to this Arawak folktale, they got their colors from a snake! What happens when there aren’t enough colors to go around?

Why do mandrills have blue faces? What makes a parrot's feathers so bright? Learn these answers and more about some of nature’s most colorful creatures in Science Behind the Colors.

Did you know there once was a dinosaur with colorful stripes? Go on a prehistoric journey to learn how dinosaurs had colorful feathers! See the different clues they left behind as fossils to help scientists learn about the past.

Learn about the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of butterflies.

A magical unicorn adventure from New York Times bestselling creators Kimberly and James Dean! Pete the Kitty's friend Stevie the unicorn somehow lost all the colors in her rainbow tail. It’s a good thing Pete has his magical paintbrush to help out. Together, they search for the missing colors...

Why should the bright and flashy animals get all of the attention? If you look closely at some seemingly ordinary animals, you may find a colorful surprise. A lizard is brown. A hippo is gray. But wait! The lizard has a blue tongue to scare predators, and the hippo has pink "sweat" that protects it from the sun! Enjoy author Jane Park's rhyming nonfiction text in this playful exploration of animals' hidden colors.

La fameuse histoire du loup qui voulait changer de couleur disponible dans plusieurs langues régionales. Lo lop que voliá cambiar de color. Aqueste matin, lo lop es de fòrça marrida umor. Tot negre, se tròba mai que mai pas bèu. Es decidat, va cambiar de color ! Mai es pas tant aisat qu'aquò.

Deep in the Kunlun Hills lives a deer whose fur has nine colors. One day she hears a cry for help and discovers a man drowning. Then, leaping from wave to wave, she saves him. When the man asks how he could ever repay this kindness, the Nine Color Deer simply requests that the man never reveal her whereabouts. Will he be able to keep his promise when the King and Queen offer a reward to anyone who can locate the Nine Color Deer? Inspired by a 1,500-year-old mural in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China, Kailin Duan brings listeners a beautiful story about the power of kindness.

La fameuse histoire du loup qui voulait changer de couleur disponible dans plusieurs langues régionales. El llop que volia canviar el seu color. Aqueix matí el llop està malhumorat. Tot de color negre, no se trapa gens bonic. Decideix d'un cop que li cal canviar de color ! Mes, ho fer és pas tan fàcil com li sembla.

"Io odio viaggiare. Allora che ci faccio qui in Topikistan, a quaranta gradi sotto zero, su un camper color formaggio? Chiedetelo a mio nonno, Torquato Travolgiratti, detto Panzer..." (Geronimo Stilton)

Stay tuned for a brand-new show coming in winter 2018 to PBS Kids: Pinkalicious & Peterrific! Kids will love to see the magic of metamorphosis with Victoria Kann’s Pinkalicious and the Little Butterfly. Pinkalicious is so excited when Miss Penny brings monarch caterpillars to class. She makes...

Introducing a new board book series, adapted for audio, that's filled with fun facts and which invites young listeners into the exciting world of bird-watching. From the purple finch to the Indigo bunting, kids will explore some of the most popular migrating birds nature has to offer while...

In this rhyming tale, Inky Winky leads his spider friends to the bay, where they paint pictures and have fun learning their colors.