National Park Scouts
National Park Scouts takes curious kids on awesome adventures through America's national parks. Join us as we investigate wild animals, cool geology, and big mysteries hiding inside these amazing parks. Every time, you'll learn something most adults don't know! We decode park sounds, hear from other kids and learn what makes these national parks so special.
Episodes
This is part 1 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids coming soon:
Part 2: Written in Rock
Part 3: Ocean Superpowers
Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything
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What animal is faster than a race car, a sky diver, or any living thing on Earth? Answer: The Peregrine Falcon 🦅
Join us on the cliffs of Acadia National Park while we check out this bird that's de...
This is part 3 of our Bryce Canyon National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Bryce Canyon National Park for kids:
Part 1: The Hoodoo Capital of the Earth
Part 2: The Secret Language of Prairie Dogs
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Climb over 9,000 feet to meet something that was alive before the pyramids were built - The Bristlecone Pine! At over 1,600 years old, this scraggly looking tree thrives at conditions where not much else can su...
This is part 2 of our Bryce Canyon National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Bryce Canyon National Park for kids:
Part 1: The Hoodoo Capital of the Earth
Part 3: Ancient Giants and the Secret Map
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Squeak! Bark! 🐾 You might think the giant rock hoodoos are the only stars of Bryce Canyon, but today, we’re looking at the little guys. Prairie Dogs are the keystone species of the park. Jo...
This is part 1 of our Bryce Canyon National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Bryce Canyon National Park for kids:
Part 2: The Secret Language of Prairie Dogs
Part 3: Ancient Giants and the Secret Map
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Imagine a forest where the trees are made of glowing orange rock. Welcome to Bryce Canyon National Park!
In this episode, we get to meet Bryce Canyon for the first time. We find out why it has the most h...
This is part 3 of our Canyonlands National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Canyonlands National Park for kids:
Part 1: A Crater, a Mesa, and a Mystery
Part 2: The Last Blank Map and the One-Armed Man Who Filled it In
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What if I told you that the dry, dusty "potholes" in Canyonlands National Park are actually full of life? Yes, it's true. Prehistoric shrimp live in those holes in the sandstone!
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This is part 2 of our Canyonlands National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Canyonlands National Park for kids:
Part 1: A Crater, a Mesa, and a Mystery
Part 3: The Shrimp That Outlived the Dinosaurs
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Could you navigate 1,000 miles of uncharted river with only one arm?
No one knew where the Green River and Colorado met. Legend had it that no one ever came back from seeing it. John Wesley Powell said, I'll fi...
This is part 1 of our Canyonlands National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Canyonlands National Park for kids:
Part 2: The Last Blank Map and the One-Armed Man Who Filled it In
Part 3: The Shrimp that Outlived the Dinosaurs
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Meet Canyonlands National Park - one of the most remote and wild places in the lower 48 states. Today, we take an adventure though an unsolved mystery. There's a giant crater in Canyo...
This is part 4 of our Rocky Mountain National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Rocky Mountain National Park for kids:
Part 1: Carved by Ice and the Great Divide
Part 2: Trail Ridge Road and the Boy Who Saved a Mountain
Part 3: Pika Survival Secrets
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Colorado's official state animal is built for the impossible. From balancing on two inch wide ledges, jumping twenty feet between cliff faces, to their incr...
This is part 3 of our Rocky Mountain National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Rocky Mountain National Park for kids:
Part 1: Carved by Ice and the Great Divide
Part 2: Trail Ridge Road and the Boy Who Saved a Mountain
Part 4: Bighorn Sheep Battle on the Peaks
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Think the Rocky Mountains are inhospitable? Think again. Meet the Pika: the alpine tundra’s most adorable and busiest resident. Today, we&...
This is part 2 of our Rocky Mountain National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Rocky Mountain National Park for kids:
Part 1: Carved by Ice and the Great Divide
Part 3: Pika Survival Secrets
Part 4: Bighorn Sheep Battle on the Peaks
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Let's drive the highway to the sky and thank the sick 14 year old from Kansas who fought for Rocky Mountain National Park. Yes, it's true. A teen arrived in Colorado, loved...
This is part 1 of our Rocky Mountain National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Rocky Mountain National Park for kids:
Part 2: Trail Ridge Road and the Boy Who Saved a Mountain
Part 3: Pika Survival Secrets
Part 4: Bighorn Sheep Battle on the Peaks
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Dramatic peaks, feet upon feet of snow, glaciers, alpine lakes, and an invisible line that divides the country. Stand with us on the Continental Divide and w...
This is part 4 of our Great Smoky Mountains National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Great Smoky Mountains National Park for kids:
Part 1: Ancient Peaks, Blue Mist, and 300 Million Years
Part 2: Fireflies at Dark
Part 3: Salamander Capital of the World
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Most famous resident of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park? The Black Bear. In this episode, we learn all about black bears. Find out how big they ...
This is part 3 of our Great Smoky Mountains National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Great Smoky Mountains National Park for kids:
Part 1: Ancient Peaks, Blue Mist, and 300 Million Years
Part 2: Fireflies at Dark
Part 4: The Black Bear
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Whats small and slimy and so so fun for kids to find? Salamanders of course! Listen to this episode on Great Smoky Mountains National Park and find out why so many diff...
This is part 2 of our Great Smoky Mountains National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Great Smoky Mountains National Park for kids:
Part 1: Ancient Peaks, Blue Mist, and 300 Million Years
Part 3: Salamander Capital of the World
Part 4: The Black Bear
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Could anything feel more like summer than fireflies? Listen in to learn how fireflies work, what makes synchronous fireflies so special, and where...
This is part 1 of our Great Smoky Mountains National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Great Smoky Mountains National Park for kids:
Part 1: Ancient Peaks, Blue Mist, and 300 Million Years
Part 2: Fireflies at Dark
Part 3: Salamander Capital of the World
Part 4: The Black Bear
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Why are the Great Smoky Mountains National Park so smoky? And why is it the most visited park? Find out whats up with all tha...
This is part 2 of our Pinnacles National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Pinnacles National Park for kids:
Part 1: A Volcano Broke Apart and Walked Away
Part 3: Bee Capital of the World
Part 4: California Condors Back from the Edge
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What if thousands of bats were living right beneath your feet and you had no idea?
Pinnacles National Park is home to at least 14 species of bats, and some of them are hidin...
This is part 3 of our Pinnacles National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Pinnacles National Park for kids:
Part 1: A Volcano Broke Apart and Walked Away
Part 2: Thousands of Bats Under the Rocks
Part 4: California Condors Back from the Edge
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What if the most important animals in a national park were so small you didn't even notice them?
Pinnacles National Park has nearly five hundred species of bees, mo...
This is part 4 of our Pinnacles National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Pinnacles National Park for kids:
Part 1: A Volcano Broke Apart and Walked Away
Part 2: Thousands of Bats Under the Rocks
Part 3: Bee Capital of the World
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What would you do if there were only twenty-two left in the entire world?
The California condor is the largest flying land bird in North America. It has a super important job in...
This is part 1 of our Pinnacles National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Pinnacles National Park for kids:
Part 2: Thousands of Bats Under the Rocks
Part 3: Bee Capital of the World
Part 4: California Condors Back from the Edge
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What happens when half a volcano slides 200 miles away and leaves crazy caves behind?
Welcome to Pinnacles National Park, one of the least-visited parks in America that is hidin...
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