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.
This is part 3 of our Sequoia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Sequoia National Park for kids: Part 1: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth Part 2: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees Part 3: The High-Flying Frog Rescue Part 4: Higher than High - Mount Whitney -- Get ready to climb way up into the high mountain lakes of Sequoia National Park!🏔️ Today, we meet an extreme animal: the mountain yellow-legged frog.🐸 This tiny creature can survive under the freezing ice for nine months out of the year. But when two sneaky villains; a hungry non-native fish and a mysterious microscopic fungus threaten to wipe them out completely, a team of superhero scientists step in. Discover how national parks and local zoos teamed up for an epic rescue mission that involves special frog baths and an actual helicopter 🚁 ! Thank you to Carlos Davidson and Tim Ziesmer for their research on the Southern Mountain Yellow Legged Frog and sharing their call with us today. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ Have you seen a frog in the wild? Talk about it! Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
This is part 2 of our Sequoia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Sequoia National Park for kids: Part 1: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth Part 2: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees Part 3: The High-Flying Frog Rescue Part 4: Higher than High - Mount Whitney -- Most people visit Sequoia National Park to look up at the world's biggest trees, but did you know there is a massive, hidden world right beneath your boots? 🥾🔦 Grab your headlamp because we are going down into the dark to explore 240 secret marble caves! Meet the creatures that exist nowhere else on earth and learn why they lose their color and eyes. Hear the memory trick for stalactite and stalagmites and find out how the cave is built, drop by drop! 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ Do you like caves? Would you go in one? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
This is part 1 of our Sequoia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Sequoia National Park for kids: Part 1: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth Part 2: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees Part 3: The High-Flying Frog Rescue Part 4: Higher than High - Mount Whitney -- Sequoia National Park is the land of the biggest. Biggest trees, biggest mountain, and plenty of big caves. We kick off our series climbing General Sherman the largest living thing on Earth! Discover how this giant Sequoia Tree has survived for 2,200 years. We dig in to the armor, bug spray, and how something that looks like a hot disaster actually helps sprout new trees. Thank you to Neighborhood Naturalist for generously sharing their park sound with us today. Check out their website or youtube to learn more. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ Would you rather see the biggest tree, the tallest tree, or the oldest tree and why? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
This is part 4 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids: Part 1: The Fastest Animal on Earth Part 2: Written in Rock Part 3: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars -- Acadia National Park is known for it's gorgeous fall colors🍂🍁. BUT, these colors weren't supposed to be there.... In 1947, a fire blazed through Mount Desert Island and burned the park to the ground. You’ll meet the brave local fishermen who sailed out into the dark, smoky night to rescue trapped families by boat, and discover how nature used a this event to pull off an incredible trick: rebuilding a dark, green forest into a blazing wonderland of bright red maples and yellow birch trees. Parents & Educators : Wildfires can sound scary, but today’s episode is all about the helpers and the ultimate comeback story! We use the historic 1947 Acadia fire to teach kids about ecological succession —how nature rebuilds itself after a major change. It’s a fantastic, kid-friendly look at forest biology and community resilience that aligns with elementary science standards (NGSS). Feel free to read the transcript on my website if you need to vet it for your child. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ Have you seen a recently burned forest? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
This is part 3 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids coming soon: Part 1: The Fastest Animal on Earth Part 2: Written in Rock Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything -- This episode covers a LOT, so put on that life vest! Imagine standing on a narrow gravel path with cold Atlantic water rushing in from both sides, covering the ground faster than you think 🌊. Welcome to Acadia’s coastline, where nothing stays still! We dive deep in to tides and tidal creatures with superpowers. You think you have weird neighbors? Wait until you hear about the housing swap 🐌 , the creature that eats with it's feet, and the inside out digestion. Stay for the end when we learn about the key feature of Acadia that explodes💥! Parents & Educators: This episode is perfect for kids ages 6–12 and covers key Earth Science and STEM concepts including tidal physics, how the moon's gravity pulls the ocean, and the wild world of marine animal adaptations . THANK YOU to the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society for sharing their audio of harbor seal pups. Visit their website to preview these cute seal pups and adopt one today! 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ What's your favorite tide pool creature? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
This is part 2 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids coming soon: Part 1: The Fastest Animal on Earth Part 3: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything -- Ever wanted to be the very first person in the country to see the sunrise? Today we do just that on top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park! In this episode, we dig into the pink rocks under our feet to uncover a 420-million-year-old mystery. Discover why Acadia is shaped like a failed volcano, how a mile-thick wall of solid ice completely remodeled the park, and why there is a 28,000-pound gray boulder balancing on the edge of a pink cliff. Loon audio graciously provided by Dr Jay Mager of Ohio Northern University. Parents & Educators: This episode is perfect for kids ages 6–12 and covers key Earth Science and STEM concepts including geology (igneous rock formation), glaciology (how glaciers reshape landscapes), and animal adaptations . 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ If you could go anywhere to watch the sunrise, where would you go? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything ----- 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 designed like a fighter jet. We cover the Peregrine's super powers that keep it alive at the record speed of 242 miles per hour, the invisible chemical threat that almost wiped them out completely, and the genius comeback plan that brought Peregrine Falcons back to the east coast. Parents & Educators: This episode is perfect for kids ages 6–12 and covers key STEM concepts including food chains, animal adaptations, and environmental conservation. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ If you could name the next Peregrine Falcon chick, what would you name it? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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 survive. These awesome trees also have a special partnership with a bird that also boasts a record for having the best memory - the Clarks Nutcracker! Tune in to our kids national park podcast to learn about how these two thrive at Bryce Canyon National Park. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ If you needed to hide food for winter, what food would you hide and where would you hide it? The park sound was provided by Renee from All Things Birdie . Check out her youtube channel for more fun bird videos. 🕊️ Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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. Join us and learn why as explore their "towns" in this super fun kids podcast. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ If you could understand what any animal was saying for just one day, which animal would you pick? The park sound was provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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 hoodoos than anywhere else on Earth. And... what is a hoodoo anyway? Did you know ice can break solid stone? This park might be one of the smallest, but it's mighty in it's own way. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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! Tadpole shrimp were here before the dinosaurs and somehow survive decades without any water. Listen in as find out about their "secret trick" to staying alive. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ Tadpole shrimp is a pretty boring name for the oldest animal around! If you could rename it, what name would you give it? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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 find out! In this episode on Canyonlands National Park, we meet the one-armed Civil War hero who braved the rapids and named everything you see in the park. See the Confluence, where the rivers run two different colors, hear the roar of the rapids and Buckle up for the crazy expedition, this episode is full of adventure! 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ If you discovered a brand new canyon today, what would you name it and why? Tag us on social media or visit our website to let us know! Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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 Canyonlands, but how did it get there? Listen to the theories and decide for yourself! Join us as we look through the rock layers in Island of the Sky in this kids national parks podcast. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. Can you guess the mystery sound? Big thanks to Michael Just of Dawn2Dawn Photography for supplying our park sound today! Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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 incredible head on collisions, we cover this bighorn sheep from head to foot. Did you know their horns grow their entire lives? Did you know their thundering battles can be heard from a mile away? Tune in to hear it! Rocky Mountain National Park has 350 of these amazing animals and we get to break down what makes these so animals extraordinary. This kids national park podcast is perfect for your next adventure. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. Can you guess the mystery sound? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- Think the Rocky Mountains are inhospitable? Think again. Meet the Pika: the alpine tundra’s most adorable and busiest resident. Today, we’re heading into the peaks to hear their cute little mountain eeeps and see their tiny hay piles in action. From freezing temperatures to relentless winds, we’re exploring how nature adapts to live where most wouldn’t dare. Grab your parka—it’s time to go above the clouds! 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. Can you guess the mystery sound? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for kids national park coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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 guiding hikes to the top of Long's Peak and worked tirelessly to preserve Rocky Mountain National Park. Join the adventure as we wind our way from the base of the mountain in the open forest up to the tippy top of the continent. We watch water flow down on both sides of the Continental Divide and gaze in awe at the views from the windswept tundra. Thank you to the Northern Colorado Wildlife Center for sharing their park sound with us today. You can view the cute creature here and visit their website to learn about the wonderful work they do. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. Can you guess the mystery sound? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for kids national park coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! **Episode note! There ARE higher paved roads in the US. This is the highest CONTINUOUS paved road. I did not note the other paved roads in the episode and wanted to present it here for clarity. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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 watch how the water flows to two different oceans. In this episode, we trace the thread of water. Through glaciers, this park is carved and molded. Melted snow run-off fills the lakes and streams that make this park beautiful. AND we talk about how the Colorado River, the river that carves the Grand Canyon, begins in a surprising way. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. Can you guess the mystery sound? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for kids national parks coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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 are, how fast they are, how SMART they are and... what they like to eat! There's lots of bear eating in this show, because hyperphagia is what bears are known for and comes before hibernation! Or do bears actually hibernate? You'll find out what they actually do and how those cute little cubs are born in the middle of winter. 🎒Scout mission included! Find out our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. Can you guess the mystery sound? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for kids national parks coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
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 -- 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 different salamanders live here. Next, we meet two special salamanders. One thats really big with a ton of fun nicknames and one thats really small and has a special trick. 🎒Scout mission included! Find out our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. Can you guess the mystery sound? This animal is saying something, see if you can figure it out. Visit nationalparkscouts.com for kids national parks coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Fireflies at Dark
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 -- Could anything feel more like summer than fireflies? Listen in to learn how fireflies work, what makes synchronous fireflies so special, and where you can see them at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Did you know some fireflies are different colors? Some flash at different times, some make shapes while they flash! Are fireflies even a fly? 🎒Scout mission included! Tune in to find out our fun mission thats great for trips or backyard family time. Can you guess the mystery sound? It's not what you might think 😉 Visit nationalparkscouts.com for kids national parks coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards! Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram
