If Joe Average's artwork reflects his personality in any way then he probably whistles in his sleep and skips instead of walks.

J.K. Rowling is a popular writer thanks to her Harry Potter series. But, life wasn't always magical for Joanne Kathleen Rowling...

The black mamba might be the fastest snake but the inland taipan can cause a lot more pain. The venom from this snake can cause muscles to pass through the victim's kidneys (in the form of urine.)

Can snakes really fly? No, but there's a group of snakes called flying snakes that live in trees. They leap off branches, suck in their gut, whip their tail around and 'fly' through the air.

Check out these avalanche facts and find out why you can't outrun them and what to do if you're ever caught in one.

Forests play an important role in all our lives and cover one third of Earth's surface. Rainforests alone are home to half of the planets 5 to 10 million species. Read on for more cool forest facts!

A pair of astronomers from the US has found a planet that closely resembles Jupiter. Other planets have been found in the vast universe, but have never resembled the planets of our solar system.

There have been reports of crop circles since the 17th century but it wasn't until the 1970s that this unexplained phenomenon really began to take shape. Kidzworld has the real 411 on crop circles.

Things once thought impossible are now common practice - so will space tourism become an everyday occurrence?

You know it's fall when the leaves begin to change, the air is a bit crisper and Halloween costumes have already hit the stores.

With the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia many questioned the purpose and progress of the Space Exploration Program. Here, in review, are some important dates chronicling NASA's highs and lows.

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Deadly diseases are making more headlines than Ashlee Simpson's McDonald's incident! Here's the 411 on SARS, Mad Cow and Bird Flu.

With so many stories about athletes cheating on their wives or using drugs, it's nice to read some positive stories for a change.

Remember the New Kids, Power Rangers and Sailor Moon? Kidzworld's looking back at the important (and not-so-important) events of the 1990s.